Fulbright, J. William

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-31- in my State, but neither is there a parity of education between a child, white or Negro, in the Arkansas Delta and that of a child in New York, Connecticut or California. It is tragic that this discrimination, so costly in our complex national economy, has yet to stir the Congress sufficiently to do anything significant to eliminate it. Mr. President, it is paradoxical that Southern educational systems should be expected to produce well-rounded, broadminded, and wholly dispassionate individuals whose well-developed intellects can suddenly reject lifelong patterns of conduct and custom. This is a high standard to expect for schools

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J. William Fulbright Speaks

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University of Arkansas