1961 US Commission on Civil Rights Report Book 2 - University of ...
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TABLE 2.—Status <strong>of</strong> segregati<strong>on</strong>-desegregati<strong>on</strong>, 1960-61, in ij States and<br />
District <strong>of</strong> Columbia<br />
Negroes Negro<br />
enrolled 2 in<br />
desegregated<br />
percent<br />
<strong>of</strong> en-<br />
Enrollment l schools rollment<br />
Total White Negro<br />
Alabama 787,269 516,135 271,134 o o. o<br />
Arkansas 422,183 3*7, °53 IO 5> ^3°<br />
I: 3 - 1<br />
Delaware 81,603 66,630 14,973<br />
6 > 7 8 3 45-3<br />
District <strong>of</strong> Columbia<br />
121,448 24,697 96,751 81,392 84.1<br />
Florida 1,019,792 807,512 212,280<br />
3 27 .01<br />
Georgia 921,632 626,377 295,255 o .o<br />
Kentucky 635,432 593,494 4 I »938 16,329 38.9<br />
Louisiana 693,202 422,181 271,021<br />
4 i ( 7 )<br />
Maryland 598, 088 461, 206 136, 882 6 45, 943 33. 6<br />
Mississippi 566,421 287, 781 278,640 o . o<br />
Missouri 842, ooo 758, ooo 84, ooo 35, ooo 41. 7<br />
North Carolina.... i, 140, ooo 832,200 307,800 82 .02<br />
Oklahoma 545, ooo 504, 125 40, 875<br />
6 9, 806 24. o<br />
South Carolina.... 612,894 354,227 258,667 o .o<br />
Tennessee 828, ooo 675,648 152,352 376 .2<br />
Texas 2,129,540 1,840,987 288,553 3,500 1.2<br />
Virginia 879,500 668,500 211, ooo 208 .09<br />
West Virginia 437,656 416,646 21, oio 14, ooo 66.6<br />
1 Source: Figures from So. School News, June <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, p. i.<br />
2 Id., unless otherwise indicated.<br />
3 So. School News, October 1960, p. 8, March <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>, at p. 14. See also ch. 4, at 41<br />
supra.<br />
4 Although 4 Negro pupils attended formerly white schools, <strong>on</strong>ly i school had white<br />
pupils attending with i Negro pupil.<br />
8 Baltimore figures from Gatlinburg Transcript. Figures for remainder <strong>of</strong> State from<br />
<strong>Report</strong> <strong>of</strong> Maryland State Department <strong>of</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong>, Divisi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Administrati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
Finance and Research, February 1960, revised February <str<strong>on</strong>g>1961</str<strong>on</strong>g>.<br />
8 Questi<strong>on</strong>naire <strong>of</strong> Oklahoma State Department <strong>of</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
7 The 1 Negro pupil in the total did not reflect any percentage.<br />
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