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Segregation Tensions Rise in Midcentury Schools
Reports from Little Rock and Norfolk detail federal judges ordering gradual integration plans and lifting access restrictions for Negroes at a city golf course. Students face mob activity outside Clinton High, while Birmingham and Tuscaloosa see court actions over Autherine Lucy Foster. Further developments include Arkansas athletic segregation debates and Cyprus violence as a Buffalo man dies from a fall.
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Norfolk
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U.S
Walter E. Hoffman
Tiree Negroes
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Joe Owen
Clinton High
Esterday
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Birmingham
Ala
Autherine Lucy Foster
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