Fulbright, J. William

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-27- have proceeded and difficult situations have been faced with reason and profit, a climate for progress has been established. Negro first-graders now attend white schools in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, not under compulsion of court order but through the voluntary action of the Pine Bluff School Board. I cite Pine Bluff because of its location in the section of my State where our Negro population is concentrated. Recently, the School Board of Texarkana in Southwest Arkansas announced a new pupil assignment policy which will bring Negro students into the white schools. Mr. President, these actions do not come easy. If, on motion of the Attorney General, events in a particularly sensitive situation may be speeded up

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J. William Fulbright Speaks

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University of Arkansas