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Island of whiteness in a sea of blackness at JFK High
Richmond Virginia on the first day of voluntary desegregation at John F Kennedy High School. Whites faced a mixed crowd outside the east side campus as 71 percent black enrollment aimed for balance, prompting student fears and a white boy’s vow to go home. Governor Linwood Holton joined ceremonies and salutes by JFK cadets as whites entered the school under tense, hopeful conditions.
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John Nordreimer
New York Times
Richmond
The
Confederacy
Grant
Carl Eilington
John F. Kennedy High School
Modern School
JFK High School
Gregory Thomas
JFK Corps of Cadets
Thomas
Linwood Holton Jr
Virginia
Ellington