Word: segregationism
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Delaware is split. Except for one school district (Dover), the two southern counties have done little toward desegregation. Eight school districts in New Castle, the state's northern county, have varying plans to end segregation gradually. Wilmington pupils in the first six grades will be mixed this month; in...
Maryland's rural counties have done nothing yet to end segregation, but Baltimore city officials say they will end segregation in all of the city's 198 grade and high schools this month.
Kansas, where nine cities have segregation under a local option law, is ready to comply with the Supreme Court. The segregated cities, such as Topeka. plan to integrate their schools over a two-year period.
Tennessee, one of the few states to abandon the wait-and-see lethargy of state capitals, has tackled the problem on a statewide basis. The state has asked permission to file a brief next month as a friend of the Supreme Court. Tennessee's brief is expected to suggest...
Oklahoma public schools have taken no action to end segregation this semester, but Roman Catholic parochial schools are mixing 1,000 Negro pupils with 13,000 whites.