Fulbright, J. William

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22 and in violation of the equal protection of the laws clause of the 14th Amendment is not on trial in this debate. It is the law. Desegregation of public education is proceeding at a fair pace through the efforts of private counsel where litigation is necessary and the good will of local leaders when it is not. This trend will continue no matter what the fate of this bill -- the South knows that full well. But, the admission of Negro students to white schools should not be accelerated to a pace incompatible with maintaining an atmosphere conducive to learning. If our schools, many of them inadequate, are disrupted by racial strife their graduates

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J. William Fulbright Speaks

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University of Arkansas