1961 US Commission on Civil Rights Report Book 2 - University of ...
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Notes: Educati<strong>on</strong>, Chapter 4—C<strong>on</strong>tinued<br />
142. No case can be found which was brought to desegregate the<br />
schools <strong>of</strong> Roanoke prior to the placement board's assignment <strong>of</strong><br />
Negro pupils to formerly white schools. However, there is a class<br />
suit presently pending, Green v. School Board <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>of</strong><br />
Roanoke, Civ. No. 1093, W.D. Va.<br />
143. Warden v. Richm<strong>on</strong>d School Board, Civ. No. , E.D. Va.,<br />
Sept. 11, 1958, 3 Race Rel. L. Rep. 971 (1958). This suit is<br />
still pending and there are 28 Negro plaintiffs seeking admissi<strong>on</strong><br />
to formerly white schools. Richm<strong>on</strong>d (Va.) News Leader, June<br />
16, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 21.<br />
144. So. School News, Oct. 1960, p. 6.<br />
145. See note 68, supra.<br />
146. See note 144, supra.<br />
147. Blackwell v. Fairfax County School Board, Civ. No. 1967, E.D.<br />
Va. Sept. 22, 1960, 5 Race Rel. L. Rep. 1056 (1960).<br />
148. See note 144, supra.<br />
149. Reviewed in Washingt<strong>on</strong> (D.C.) Post, Dec. 4,1960^.46.<br />
150. So. School News, Mar. <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 13.<br />
151. Ibid. See also (Washingt<strong>on</strong>, D.C.) Evening Star, Feb. 22, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
p. i. Over 2,000 Fairfax County white students signed petiti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
requesting the school board to rescind the ban. See also Washingt<strong>on</strong><br />
(D.C.) Post, Feb. 27, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 10A.<br />
152. See note 144, supra.<br />
153. Williamsburg Transcript 162; So. School News, Nov. 1960, p. 7.<br />
154. See 1959 <strong>Report</strong> 296.<br />
155. See So. School News, Oct. 1960, p. 8.<br />
156. Id., April <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 9.<br />
157. See app. IV, table 2. Cf. 1959 <strong>Report</strong> 317.<br />
158. Christian Science M<strong>on</strong>itor, Dec. 8, 1960, p. 5, sec. i.<br />
159. So. School News, Jan. <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, pp. i, 5.<br />
160. 162 F. Supp. 372 (NJD.Ala. 1958), aff'd, 358 U.S. 101 (1958).<br />
160a. Atlanta C<strong>on</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>, Aug. 27, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 56.<br />
161. So. School News, Feb. 1960, p. 7.<br />
162. A 27-year-old Negro has filed suit for admissi<strong>on</strong> to the all-white<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mississippi. His original applicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Jan. 31,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, was finally and formally refused by letter from the registrar<br />
May 26,<str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>. June 12, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, was set to hear a moti<strong>on</strong> for a preliminary<br />
injuncti<strong>on</strong> against the university. (Jacks<strong>on</strong>, Miss.)<br />
Clari<strong>on</strong>-Ledger, June i, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. lA. Meredith v. Fair, Civ. No.<br />
3130, S.D. Miss., May 31, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>.<br />
163. So. School News, Oct. 1959, p. 13.<br />
164. Sub nom., Brown v. Board <strong>of</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong>, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).<br />
165. 132 F. Supp. 776, 779 (E.D.S.C. 1955).<br />
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