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Judge Denies New Trial: University Of Alabama Is Opened To Negroes

August 27, 1955

Describes that the US District Court denied an appeal from the University ofAlabama to maintain segregation after Autherine Lucy and Polly Ann Myers, both Black women, applied for entry

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Racial Zoning Laws In B’ham Under Attack

October 19, 1950

Explains that Birmingham’s racial zoning laws were being challenged by Black citizens in the area who were being supported by the NAACP and were represented by Thurgood Marshall

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