September 22, 1955
Describes that school officials were given an outline for how the state government planned to preserve segregation. Also, notes that Alabama officials were planning to build new schools
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Segregation End Ordered: Integration Is Ordered, But Local Conditions To Be Taken Into Account
May 31, 1955
Describes that the Supreme Court ordered that public school segregation end as soon as possible, with the consideration of local conditions
Sterling Hi Has Honor Day
June 9, 1955
Describes that Sterling High School, a segregated school for Black students, was having a program to honor distinguished students at the school in Sheffield
Dixie Studies Integration Problem: Segregation Picture, State By State
June 12, 1955
Describes how different states were approaching the Supreme Court’s decision to integrate public schools
Negro Women Seek To Enter University
June 28, 1955
Describes that Polly Anne Myers and Autherine J. Lucy, two Black women from Birmingham, were seeking to enter the University of Alabama.
First Segregation Test Case To Be Heard In State
June 29, 1955
Describes that Autherine J. Lucy and Polly Ann Myers, two Black women seeking entry into the University of North Alabama, were appealing their case
Letters To Editor: Continued Segregation In Schools Urged
July 15, 1955
Describes the belief that schools should not be integrated because white children and Black children would begin falling in love with one another. Also, notes the writer’s belief that God did not want schools to be integrated
New Step To Avoid Integration: Senate Approves Police Power
July 23, 1955
Describes that the Alabama Senate approved the use of police power to maintain segregation in public school
Letters To Editor: Complains of Conditions in Many Negro Schools
April 13, 1955
Describes that Trenholm High School has been suffering from lack of funding and expresses that a change needed to be made
Decatur Sets Negro School Meet Saturday
February 18, 1955
Describes that the Alabama Council for improving leadership in segregated, Blackschools was going to have a meeting where Black teachers could discuss issues they were facingat Lake Side High School
Negro Education Volcano Erupting Over Southland
June 11, 1950
Describes that schools considered separate but equal in the south were actually one billion dollars different and that the south could not afford to make facilities equal.
South Dogged By Tribunal’s Negro Ruling: Equal Facilities ‘Within-The-State’ Must Be Provided
September 3, 1950
Discusses problems in the south that arose from the Supreme Court decisions regarding separate but equal facilities and segregation.
Cherokee Negro Hi P-TA Progressive
March 19, 1950
Explains that the Parent-Teachers Association of the Cherokee Negro high school met in order to discuss needs for the students, specifically the need for a better water system and funds, and gained support from the community.
Editorial Grist: The Integration Showcase Of America
November 26, 1964
Describes that efforts to integrate schools in Washington DC seemingly failed and questions the success of desegregation.
Request To Enter Negro In Mobile School Denied
September 20, 1956
Describes that a white woman named Mrs. Dorothy D. Daponte attempted to enter her Black foster daughter, Carrie Mae McCants, into an all-white public school and was denied.
Alabama Declines To Present Segregation Briefs
September 23, 1954
Explains that Alabama planned to defy the Supreme Court’s request to desegregate public schools.
Farm Bureau Favors Separate, Equal Facilities
October 2, 1952
Describes that the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation voted to provide separate but equal schools and examines how taxes needed to be implemented in order for farmers not to bear the brunt of the cost.
White Enrollment Up For Tuscumbia Schools
October 4, 1951
Briefly describes that segregated schools in the area received an increase in the number of white students while the number of Black students decreased.
Editorial Grist: South’s Right To Fight
August 4, 1955
Explains the belief that those who oppose integration, specifically those apart of White Citizens Councils, needed to speak out because of the perceived consequences that could ensue from the desegregation of public schools.
School Boards Urged To Resist
August 11, 1966
Explains that school boards were told that it was within their rights to maintain segregation despite federal law and also describes the segregationist views of Governor George C. Wallace.
Editorial Grist: Negro Education Uphold Segregation
August 23, 1956
Describes the perspective of Dr. J.H. White, president of Mississippi Vocational College for Negroes at Itta Bena, who believed that the integration of schools would cause Black students to suffer academically.
Wallace Thrills A Crowd of 5,000 Here
September 5, 1963
Describes a rally held by Governor Wallace where he declared that he would continue to defy federal law and attempt to maintain segregation in public schools, specifically at a white school in Tuskegee.
Editorial Grist: The True Lesson Of Little Rock
June 19, 1958
Argues that the Little Rock Nine were only successful in demonstrating that integration would be a violent, unnecessary process.
Editorial Grist: Confrontation In Alabama
June 20, 1963
Describes previous efforts from Governor George Wallace to maintain segregation and argues that the courts should readdress the constitutionality of desegregation.