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NOTES: EDUCATION, Chapter 7<br />
1. See ch. 3, supra.<br />
2. School systems in Ariz<strong>on</strong>a, Kansas, and New Mexico had segregated<br />
schools for Negroes under sancti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> State law at the time <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Supreme Court decisi<strong>on</strong> in 1954. These States had statutes permitting<br />
segregati<strong>on</strong> in varying degrees or under specified c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
See 7959 <strong>Report</strong> 158, 245-56.<br />
3. In New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania there were instances <strong>of</strong><br />
compulsory racial segregati<strong>on</strong> without sancti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> State law. See<br />
7959 #^0^256-58.<br />
4. See ch. 3, supra.<br />
5. 7959 <strong>Report</strong> 15.<br />
6. U.S. Bureau <strong>of</strong> the Census, News Release, C.B. 61-16, Mar. 14,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, New York, N.Y., Chicago, 111., Philadelphia, Pa., Detroit,<br />
Mich., and Los Angeles, Calif.<br />
7. Id., Baltimore, Md., Houst<strong>on</strong>, Tex., Washingt<strong>on</strong>, D.C., St. Louis,<br />
Mo., Dallas, Tex., New Orleans, La., San Ant<strong>on</strong>io, Tex., Memphis,<br />
Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga.<br />
8. Id., Washingt<strong>on</strong>, D.C., St. Louis, Mo., and Baltimore, Md. See<br />
1959 <strong>Report</strong> i74~79> 182-83.<br />
9. N.Y. Times, May n, <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. 33.<br />
10. Philadelphia Board <strong>of</strong> Public Educati<strong>on</strong>, For Every Child, the Story<br />
<strong>of</strong> Integrati<strong>on</strong> in the Philadelphia Public Schools, Oct. 1960 at 2.<br />
11. City <strong>of</strong> Pittsburgh <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Human Relati<strong>on</strong>s, The Status <strong>of</strong><br />
Educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Negroes in Pittsburgh, Apr. 1960 at 2.<br />
12. California Hearings 76 (<strong>Report</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Educati<strong>on</strong> Committee <strong>of</strong><br />
the Community Relati<strong>on</strong>s C<strong>on</strong>ference <strong>of</strong> Southern California, prepared<br />
by Dr. Burt<strong>on</strong> Henry).<br />
13. Id. at79.<br />
14. Id. at 816 (Statement <strong>of</strong> Dr. Harold Spears, Superintendent <strong>of</strong><br />
Schools, San Francisco, Calif.).<br />
15. Id. at 855 (Statement <strong>of</strong> H<strong>on</strong>. Redm<strong>on</strong>d C. Staats, Jr., Judge,<br />
Berkeley, Albany Municipal Court).<br />
16. Detroit Hearings 144 (Statement <strong>of</strong> Mr. Charles L. Wells, Vice<br />
President, Citizens Associati<strong>on</strong> for Better Schools).<br />
17. Maslow, "De facto Public School Segregati<strong>on</strong>," 6 Vill. L. Rev. 354-<br />
55 (i960-<br />
18. Prior to the decisi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the Supreme Court in Shelley v. Kraemer<br />
[334 U.S. i (1948)] and Hurd v. Hodge [334 U.S. 24 (1948)]<br />
restrictive covenants were judicially enforced in most States and<br />
the District <strong>of</strong> Columbia. Federal policy with respect to restrictive<br />
covenants played an important role in limiting the residential housing<br />
available to Negroes, thus helping to create Negro "ghettos".<br />
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