Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-08-06

when the school at a base In
Georgia admitted Negro children.
The national administration set
1865 an the target date for ending
segregation at those schools on
Federal bases that are operated
by state authorities.
Progress toward ending public
school segregation continued in
Northern and border areas, not
ably In Illinois and Indiana. To-
peka, Kansas. took first steps In
ending segregation. II was est.
mated that there were "a state
supported graduate and profess
sional schools, - state and NUM-
cipal undergraduate schools and
10 private institutions in South
and border states admitting Ne
gro students. not including insti-
buttons established primarily for
Negroes. At least 1000 Negroes
were attending these schools.
Housing
Surveys made daring 1853 con-
tinued to show wide disparities In
the quality Of housing occupied by
whites and non-whites; and re-
vealed discriminatory problem
faced by minorities was the diff
nculty In getting mortgage H.
nanctng for dwellings in areas
regarded by real estate groups as
closed To them.
There were fewer instances of
severe tension arising from the
movement OF Negroes and other
groups into new areas. However,
successive large riots occurred at
the Chicago Trumbull Park hous-
ing project after Negro families
were moved in There were five
bombings in areas into which Ne
groes had recently moved. two In
Atlanta. and one each In Clcve-
land Houston and Kansas City,
Mo.
Places Of Public Accommodation
The largest number OF anti-bias
| laws passed In 1888 were in the
area OF places Of public occmmo-
dation," term including rail
roads, hotels, hospitals. restaur-
ants theatres and parks Up to
1883, rs Northern and Western
States had laws prohibiting dis
elimination in these places. in
| 1898. Oregon became the 10th
state to enact such a law. Con
necticut, Massachusetts and Wash
ington amended existing laws to
cover larger area.
Court decisions against segre-
cation In interstate commerce
have had good effects in a few
areas. notably Pullman and din
ing car facilities. but coach ac-
cummodations which affect the
largest segment OF the travelling
public. have been almost untouCh-
cd
Public parks were opened 10
I Negroes in Fort Worth, Texas
MARYLAND ended segregation Of
/ frchlc-minded patients in it's hos
pitfalls. Voters in Webster Groves
/ Mo. elected new administration
| pledge 10 opening the city swim.
ming pool to all
/ Armed Forces
/ The elimination OF racial eyre
CATION IN the armed forces ranks
second in Importance only 10 the
/ increase Of voting by Negroes in
( the South. The survey found en-,
couraging signs that communi-
ties near bases operated by the
services are rrofiting from this
/ lesson
/ Ky the end Of 1883, 90 per cent
Of the Negroes in the Army were
serving in unsegregated units and
/ the process Is expected o. be
completed by mid-ia5i In 1888
+ the last % the four All Negro yegi-
mpnts was diahandri The Air
Force had no all~NcEro units, The
( Navy had M officially segregated
units and Negroes were serving
throughout that service. How
ever. one-haN were stu conren.
tra,cd in the Stewards Branch a
/ heritage Of past jimCrcw prac-
tees that is difficult 20 overcome
The Nations Capital
The nmcruw pattern In Wash
tngton was given its severest blow
ey the Supreme Court which ruled
that restaurants were forbidden
tn discriminate. This action Caus-
I ed the rapid collapse Of discrimin-
alton IN eating places IN Washing
ton. II &. The decision AlSn ap-
pears 20 hsvv had a rNdisting