St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22

er Education condemns segrega-
ton and discrimination in col
leges and professional schools.
Albany, ~ r. November, 1919:
Commissioner Of education orders
rezonlng Of school districts TO
eliminate segregation by gerry
wandering
Nashville, Tenn, September
1850: Attorney general. in first
voluntary compliance with United
States Supreme Court decisions
in college cases, rules that the
state university must admit Ne
gro graduate students.
Tucson, Ariz., September 1851:
All school districts except Phoenix
abandon segregation in public
schools; Phoenix follows In 1858
Paduach, KY, June 1858: City
College admits first Negro stu.
dents.
Oak Ridge, Tenn, Dec, 1853:
Town council asks end Of school
segregation In community run by
United States Government.
Louisville, Ky. January. 1854
City-supported general hospital ac-
cepts first Negro student nurses.
Washington, February. 1854
Secretary Of Defense orders end 20
segregated military post schools.
Us.A., 1o54-56: Following Unit.
ed States Supreme Court decision
racial segregation In
public schools MAY 1851 moves
toward degeneration are initiated
In close 10 1000 school districts
and units In Southern and border
states. BY October. 1856, desegre-
CATION In underway in TOT school |
affecting $4,000 Negro |
md 2 million white children. Some
10 OF 20s unsupported Southern |
colleges now admit Negro stu
tents Progress by States: Arkan-
Ias, three districts desegregated;
Ieveral more scheduled for 1857
49, Delaware. Indignation proceed
ng smoothly throughout state;
100 OF States 1000 Negro pu-
ills attend desegregated classes.
Kentucky, some Indignation in
all Of States 22t
chool districts; SO percent Of
states college students attend de-
classes. Maryland, 10
4 States % school districts de-
more planning TO do
O.
Missouri. % per cent OF States
Negro students attend integrated
chools, mostly In Kansas City and
L. Louis; 80 school districts stll
Oklahoma, desgrega-
ion proceeding smoothly; so Of 90
reviously all-Negro high schools
II more school dis
riots 10 desegregate shortly.
Tennessee, two school districts,
linton and federally operated Oak
iidge, desegregated.
Texas, fewer than 100 OF States
1857 school districts begin de-
West Virginia, inte-
ration underway in all but three
( States SO counties. !
Washington. ID. c.. all public
chools desegregated Eight
.tates, Alabama, Florida. Georgia,
.oulslant, Mississippi, North Car
lima, South Carolina and Virginia
ave made no steps toward deseg-
egatlng public schools.
Albany N. Y, September 1854
tate education department admits
indian children TO regular schools.
nding century OF segregated re-
ervation schools,
Trenton, N, j., June. 1885 Com
missioner of education rules En-
lewood must rezone school dis
riots TO permit all children, re-
OF race, 20 attend schools
earest their homes
Annapolis, Md, summer, 1855
Attorney General rules that
United States Supreme Courts de-
decision nulnfies State
avs requiring segregation
Columbus, Ohio, July 1855: At
orncy General rules state board
Z education may withhold funds
rom school districts or boards
segregation,
Legislation
Trenton. N. J. l9tT-49: New
ends segregation In
Few Jerseys public schools; ON
thus ctvil-rights law extends jur-