Long Beach Desegregation Review Surprises District Head
A Washington report details Long Beach Unified School District desegregation scrutiny. Supt. W Odie Wright says HEW has not contacted local personnel and reviews may take months. If required, a team would analyze budgets, boundaries and curricula to determine de facto segregation and possible desegregation, with potential loss of federal aid.
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State Ordered to Desegregate 14 Pennsylvania Colleges
The Civil Rights Office of HEW orders Pennsylvania to implement approved desegregation plans for all 14 state colleges by year end. Superintendent David H. Kurtzman and Governor Rayland P. Shafer receive the letter. Cheyney College enrolls about 3 percent Black, the other 13 colleges about 99 percent white.
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Brandeis study questions violence appraisal findings
A Brandeis University commission says reports that organized racial violence nears guerrilla warfare are highly questionable. It examined 25 July and August sniping incidents, noting discrepancies in counts and targets while marking a few cases as potentially distinct violence. The study cites clashes in Cleveland, Gary, Peoria, York and Seattle among examined events.
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