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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

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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

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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

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With Nine-One Record: Burrell-Slater Power In North Alabama

February 4, 1955

Describes that Burrell-Slater High School was succeeding in their basketball season and includes their schedule

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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

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Will Ingram, Well Known Florence Negro, Dies Friday

February 19, 1951

Describes that a Black man named Will Ingram, who served as janitor at a segregated school in Florence, passed away

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March of Dimes Program Set Sunday At Sterling High

February 9, 1951

Describes events that were to take place at the March of Dimes and includes the name of P.B. Swoopes, a Black man who served as the drive chairman

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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.

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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.

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