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Notes: Educati<strong>on</strong>, Chapter 4 — C<strong>on</strong>tinued<br />
28.Id., Feb. 1 961, p. 6.<br />
29. See <strong>Report</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Louisiana State Advisory Committee, The New<br />
Orleans School Crisis 25 (<str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>); Atlanta C<strong>on</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>, Feb. i,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g> , p. 1 6. See also N.Y. Times, Jan. 30, 1 961 , p. 14; Washingt<strong>on</strong><br />
(D.C.) Post, Jan. 28, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 9A; Shreveport Times, Jan. 28,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 7A.<br />
30. See Christian Science M<strong>on</strong>itor, Feb. i, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 10, sec. 2; N.Y.<br />
Times, Feb. 2, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 17; Washingt<strong>on</strong> (D.C.) Post, Feb. 2, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
p.4A.<br />
31. N.Y. Times, June 2, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 21.<br />
32. (New Orleans) Times Picayune, June 2, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 19.<br />
32a. The public schools attended by military dependents in Ala., Ga.,<br />
La., Miss, and S.C. are all segregated, as are <strong>on</strong>e or two in Tenn.,<br />
Texas and Va. Desegregated <strong>on</strong>-base schools for elementary<br />
school pupils reduce the number affected by segregati<strong>on</strong> in these<br />
and other States. So. School News, Mar. 1960, pp. i, 8, and 9.<br />
33. McKissick v. Durham City Board <strong>of</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong>, 176 F. Supp. 3<br />
(M.D.N.C. 1959).<br />
34. Weaver v. Chapel Hill Board <strong>of</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong>, Civ. No. - , 1956,<br />
1957. The first applicati<strong>on</strong> (1956) for reassignment was submitted<br />
too late. The acti<strong>on</strong> was brought for admissi<strong>on</strong> to the white<br />
school that <strong>of</strong>fered art instructi<strong>on</strong>. The sec<strong>on</strong>d applicati<strong>on</strong> (1957)<br />
was denied because art classes were to begin that fall at the Negro<br />
school. Vickers v. Carrboro School Board, Civ. No. -<br />
T 959-<br />
On Aug. 4, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, the court ordered the plaintiff admitted to the<br />
white junior high school to which white pupils residing in the area<br />
in which he lived were assigned. Durham (N.C.) Morning<br />
Herald, Aug. 5, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. lA.<br />
35. Holt v. Raleigh City Board <strong>of</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong>, 265 F. 2d 95 (4th Cir.<br />
1959)'<br />
36. Warden v. Richm<strong>on</strong>d School Board, Civ. No. - , E.D. Va.,<br />
Sept. 1 1 , 1 958, 3 Race Rel. L. Rep. 971(1 958 ).<br />
37. Blackwell v. Fairfax County School Board, Civ. No. 1967, E.D. Va.,<br />
Sept. 22, 1960, 5 Race Rel. L. Rep. 1056 (1960).<br />
38. Dove v. Parham, 176 F. Supp. 242 (E.D. Ark. 1959), 271 F. 2d<br />
132 (8th Cir. 1959).<br />
39. 173 F. Supp. 891 (D. Del. 1959). See Evans v. Buchanan, Civ.<br />
Nos. 1816-22, D. Del., July 15, 1957, 2 Race Rel. L. Rep. 781<br />
(1957), where the court order was extended to all school districts<br />
<strong>of</strong> the State <strong>of</strong> Delaware which had not prior thereto admitted<br />
pupils under a plan <strong>of</strong> desegregati<strong>on</strong> approved by the State board<br />
<strong>of</strong> educati<strong>on</strong>. Hence, although <strong>on</strong>ly seven districts were parties<br />
defendant, the court order could up<strong>on</strong> applicati<strong>on</strong> be extended to<br />
any other such districts.<br />
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