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...Brown decision was actually a ruling on a combination of cases in four communities--Topeka; Clarendon County, S.C.; Prince Edward County, Va.; and Wilmington, Del. (Another school desegregation case, in Washington, was decided separately that same day.) TIME revisited each of the four for this anniversary, finding in some places deep disappointments and in others astounding gains. --By Rebecca Winters
...move to Florida to find new work. Other black families who signed the Briggs' petitions were also fired from jobs. A black church was burned down and its pastor run out of town. In the '60s, white families, determined to avoid integrated classrooms, built a private K-12 school, Clarendon Hall. Elliott became its headmaster in 1998 and two years later admitted the school's first blacks; today there are just five among Clarendon's 275 students...
...also to improve its dismal schools and economy, which in recent years has lost bids to attract large employers because of their concerns about the low-skilled work force. Those stigmas "make it hard for any community to progress and attract business today," says Dwight Stewart, chairman of the Clarendon County Council, who, along with Summerton Mayor Beth Hinson Phillips, is one of the few whites to openly back Elliott's campaign...
Puppetry of the Penis is at the Copley Theatre, 225 Clarendon Street, Boston, beginning Feb. 26. Tickets are $35 to $39.50; call...
Located amid a bevy of restaurants at the intersection of Clarendon and Tremont streets in Boston’s South End, Metropolis sets itself apart from its pretentious cohorts with a much more laid back atmosphere. There are none of the consciously funky walls or day-glo furniture that mar many of the very hip (and actually pretty good) restaurants in the neighborhood, and the menu features classic dishes—like veal scaloppini—made special with the addition of a little something extra...