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America 1950-1959: Education

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School Integration Progress in the South

Based on New York Times survey, 15 September 1957 (school populations estimated)

Alabama — None (273,200 black; 471,900 white)

Arkansas — Integration in 8 of 228 districts; blocked in Little Rock (102,000 black, 316,700 white)

Delaware — Integration in and around Wilmington; segregation in rest of state (11,411 black, 53,904 white)

District of Columbia — Complete integration (73,723 black, 34,758 white)

Florida — None (165,957 black, 594,220 white)

Georgia — None (297,692 black, 644,378 white)

Kentucky — About 50 percent integrated (38,358 black, 551,771 white)

Louisiana — None (225,000 black, 375,000 white)

Maryland — Baltimore area integrated", considerable integration in western.....

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