Arkansas State press., 1955-12-30
SIGNIFICANT LOCAL TRENDS OF 1855
BY S S. Taylor

durng 1855 were The supreme Court decision Ma 81 inn
plementng 1881 antsegegaton decision and other court
CC announcements prohibiting segregation IN interstate
facilities, public parks, golf courses Fairgrounds
swimming pools, and on city buses.
These events we're echoed Arkansas when Federal Judge
John f. Miller of Beaden told the local SCHOOL "'aiu ." All
tegrate within year. ,.
Meanwhile the little of IioAie deciding mat nlesta
ton is right legal and cheaper than segdeRao I,i
o Negro children school Of 1000 AHoihyss'e'"i
Herbert Browne H referred the simple yet ogeai anu
sensible reasoning this board Indignation was sueeesu
and without incident about weeks later opposition ue
yeloped from groups and the leadership oil an auu
resident number hostile moves were lnsealed agas'
SUPERINTENDENT T. f Vance and slauneh ooafd oil
who attracted the admiration of the nation BY lis th cam
tsp5 ON IT'S conviction Outcome action by the lioMe
officials obtaining temporary injunction against interference
Cmnennp ON the boards complaint Federal Judge Thomas
G Trimbe The presented Is strangely enough
almost the opposite of that have been eosueleu
by both state federal courts i'm the nation ohef courts
have consideration the question Of whether or not
the board be compelled To open their seoo
TO the Negro where they prohibited by state law 10
attend such schools,
.IIere however the complaint alleges that the board o
d,ors have determined that schools should be opened
TO Negro pupils but the defendants are undertaking TO
prevent them from doing So . -,
The Pulaski county school board announced that II had
no plans for indignation this any other school year
Spokesman for took the usual and unexpected posi-
ton that indignation function of the state and not oil e
local school North Little Rock school board voted
To begin degeneration within at the senior III
school level" and Fort Smith claim TO be waiting
a building program. -,
III, It,e Rock Junior college became the only college OF
note in Arkansas to refuse admission TO Negro applicants
Practically all colleges have pronounced III FAVOR oil ~
grafton and several Of them have Negro students
Rallies by indignation opponents are sad 10 nave pro
dlced some misrepresentation OF NAASl leaders i
held and regional meetings in Lt'le Rock ana ieei"
their incnce on indignation. Prom IT, occasion {"
tie state meeting address by DR. 1 X NJ ho"d'u
Who recently 100000 of holdings Mississippi and VINO
denounced Mississippi Till and other killings and wholesale
Acknowledgement Negroes Another important address was
delivered meeting of the Urban league by WIN
throp Rockefeller the of which he pointed out "
deSegeEauu IN housing Is important Is asefes ZION "
schools.
December brought comparison of white and Negro sehoo
failures and test 1t claimed and pubieHed ua
Negro failures numerous than white ana the 'es'
on tests lower white These comparisons seemed
made with idea of showing that segregation Is wise ana
that indignation will hurt Negroes and lower schoo Stud
However the statistics show conclusivey mat some Ne
or students srpass the white and that good SUI
dent may occur any In connection WIN c,"p''S,
statistics of results the complete picture htt IN
narrative statement of school facilities comparative "'
yanare Of Negro school plants and equipment are larry wen
known The daily papers for January D reported Sas',
survey showing Negroes 2i06 per cent OF the pun'c
school enrolment only 1919 cent OF the plant Inc
statistics showed the average salary of Negro teachers be-
low that white and greater proportonate operating e
penditure white schools coorcd 1t Is 10 De expect"
that more money and better facilities would produce oe'
results. G..
Arkansas has also been pubczed in the daily press S'p
Al as closing too many people" Between 1910 ana l'ou %
lost pe cent of her population and "between 1890 ana 1893
another 100000 One of the factors contributing " ~
exodus is poor educational offerings. ,,
Changes occurred the local Negro college su"uU b"
bar Junior college was discontinued Shorter college has cur
rcny limited operation the junior college level III jun
II l. Johnson became president of Arkansas Baptist ''''
succeeding T CorCs who presided over the de>ns oil INV
ler, for 16 wears ABC has continued under us
new president despite temporary dScuntinuance OF tdd l
white Baptist Phiandcr continued under NJ LII
fsvrfte Harris its status in the North Central
Several unovard incidents have occurred ON cay u>
One etc bus driver slapped teen age DUNBAR N >'''
The driver in another had Negro woman 'l''N,.
asking for transfer third incident occurred when N'A
woman was freed by the when brought IN Tor aui'
move hack as ordered by operator The first case mas t'
suited in a thirty thousand dollar suit
m, bc,is rafe continues excessive. the opinion oi
the writer particularly revolving crime was the 'u'
and burning of Florence Taylor who def shorty aI'
beinp taken To a hospital Glen Brown was reported '' '\'
said he took flat hit her or eight times
Former deputy warden Of Pulaski county penal l'''.
Hersche Forrest Jackson. under fire on charge ."
heating Negro prisoner died subsequent to the oea
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