June 3, 1948
Describes the conflicting ideas about segregation and integration in public schools, primarily from the perspective of Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon.
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Negro Pupils’ Plea Balked In Virginia
June 18, 1959
Describes that the Floyd County School Board would not allow fourteen Black students to transfer to public white high schools in the area and explains that county schools would potentially be shut down if integration occurred.
State May Have To Turn To Private Schools To Avoid Integration, Patterson Says
May 5, 1960
Describes that Alabama Governor Patterson studied the private school system in Prince Edward County, Virginia in case integration was forced onto schools in Alabama.
Editorial Grist: Supreme Court Ruling On Segregation
May 20, 1954
Expresses rage toward the Supreme Court for enforcing desegregation in certain areas across the United States.
Editorial Grist: What About The Negroes Themselves?
May 27, 1954
Describes the belief that Black children would not benefit from integrated schools because they would still not be treated as equals.
Editorial Grist: A Negro Looks At Segregation
February 5, 1953
Describes that people within the Black community do not see desegregation as the proper way to improve race relations and create equality because the integration of schools could cause many Black teachers in the south to be without jobs and to lose their salaries.
Editorial Grist: The Other Way Around
February 14, 1963
Explains the belief that Attorney General Kennedy was unjust toward white Americans in his efforts to desegregate schools and federally fund integrated schools.
Wallace Resolution Progresses
March 11, 1965
Describes the resolution suggested by Governor Wallace to enable states to choose whether or not to integrate their schools and explains that other southern states began to approve the measure.
Patterson to Ask U.S. Congress To Leave Schools Under Local Control
March 19, 1959
Describes the efforts of Governor Patterson and Senator Talmadge to create an amendment that would allow states to decide whether or not to integrate their schools.
Editorial Grist: Racial Agitation Becomes Widespread
March 19, 1964
Conveys the belief that the migration of Black Americans caused problems for white Americans in those areas, that the effort to integrate schools was unfounded, and that Black leaders within the civil rights movement were uninformed.
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.
Segregation Has No Place In U.S. Public Schools
May 18, 1954
Provides Chief Justice Earl Warren’s statements regarding the Supreme Court segregation decision verbatim.
Alabama Stunned By Segregation Rule: Most Dixie Officials Take Blow Calmly
May 18, 1954
Describes multiple southern governors’ reactions to the Supreme Court segregation decision and includes that many would attempt to maintain segregation, others planned to wait to see if it would be legally enforced, and only one state, Kentucky, agreed to comply.
Alabama Stunned By Segregation Rule: Reaction At Shoals Is Mixed
May 18, 1954
Describes the reactions of local school superintendents and commissioners after the Supreme Court ruled segregation unconstitutional. Also, includes statements from Dr. E.B. Norton, president of Florence State Teachers College, who believed the college faced serious problems from the decision but that they could find a solution over time.