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Marland appointed Laird to the state board of education, where he faced the segregation problem, came to a personal conclusion that "the Supreme Court's opinions are the law of the land." (West Virginia has moved as rapidly toward integration as any border state.) Later Marland switched Laird to...
Marvin Griffin, Governor of Georgia and a leading opponent of integration, will debate Jacob K. Javits, New York State Attorney General, on the issue of Southern segregation here April 13 in a Law School Forum.
Griffin has consistently been an outspoken Southern leader in his defiance of the Supreme Court's ruling banning segregation in public schools. Georga's legislature in January gave Griffin power to close the public schools, if necessary, to prevent integration.
Griffin joined three other governers in January to plan a campaign to fight segregation. The group drafted a statement to stress states' rights and oppose integration. The report emphasized the legality of "interposition" of states between the Federal government and citizens and the employment of all legal means to carry...
Legislative Frenzy. Before leaving for Manhattan with Lawyer Marshall for a rest and medical checkup, Autherine Lucy declared herself "shocked by this latest turn of events." But the university's action was only one cause for shock. Last week the four men against whom Autherine's lawyers filed...