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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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