Chattanooga News-Free Press
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Series of Chattanooga News-Free Press clippings about desegregation actions and Civil Rights in November 1960. a) "School Plea Due By Dec. 3" Briefly details the option of the Chattanooga school board to appeal Judge Darr's judgment regarding school desegregation plan. November 4, 1960. b) "Order Entered In School Case" Details the decision by Judge Darr regarding school desegregation and the school board's response options. November 4, 1960. c) "Board Seeks Legal Brief" Details a school board meeting in which they asked their legal counsel to prepare an opinion about whether they should appeal Judge Darr's integration decision. November 10, 1960. d1,2) "City Board Seeks Counsel's Opinion On Appeal Timing" Details a school board meeting in which responses to Judge Darr's decision were discussed, as well as possible public reaction to the various responses. November 10, 1960. e) "Local Control Of Georgia Schools Seen Solution In Integration Crisis; Option Legislation Asked" Details De Kalb County, GA school superintendent James Cherry presentation to Catoosa County, GA educators regarding "local option" control of schools to limit the impact of desegregation. November 21, 1960. f1,2) "Ideas Differ On Appeal Of Mixing Order" Details conflicting opinions by the school board's legal counsels regarding a response to Judge Darr's desegregation decision. The full text of the two opinions are presented. November 22, 1960. g1,2) "Prepared For Race Crisis, Met It Well, Dunlap Says" Details Police Commissioner Dunlap's refutation of the Southern Regional Council's report on the "racial disorders" that occurred in February. The full text of...
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