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Racial progress in the Dixie reshapes the South
Edwin H. Maynard reports from the American South on shifting leadership, better schools and housing for Negroes, rising Black participation in elections, and collaborations between Black and white leaders. He notes declines in lynchings, new intergroup councils, and improved hospitals, while urging honesty about faults and a forward trajectory.
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South Carolina
South
Robert E. Jones
Methodist Church
Elmore County
Ala
Virginia
Leland
Miss
Mississippi
Columbus
Southern Regional Council
Atlanta
Gener
Washington County
Alabama