The Story of Desegregation *
in
Greensboro5 N. C#
On July 23, 1957 the Board of Education of the
Greensboro Public Schools, Greensboro, N. G. voluntarily
accepted six Negro pupils for enrollment on September 3
in two previously all-white schools: One pupil in each grade
5 to 9 in the Gillespie Park Elementary and Junior High School
and one in the 12th grade of the Greensboro Senior High School*
At the end of the year the elementary pupils were all promoted.
The seventh grader was promoted. The eighth and ninth grade
pupils were retained in their respective grades. All the pupils
were reassigned to the Gillespie School for the year 195B~f59*
The 12th grade pupil made the honor roll throughout the year
and, having acquired the prescribed-units of credit, was
graduated with her class in June,^ 195#*
Some things in connection with the experience
were not unlike that which took place in some other places*
There were actions, procedures, and conditions,
which were, 1 think, peculiar to Greensboro* J "
I. On May 18, 195^ ( The day after the announcement
of the Supreme Court Decision in the Brown Case
and at a regular monthly meeting) the Greensboro
Board of Education passed a resolution,-—
Statement by B. L. Smith to the Civil Rights Commission
at Nashville, Tennessee, March 5, 1959•
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The Story of Desegregation *
in
Greensboro5 N. C#
On July 23, 1957 the Board of Education of the
Greensboro Public Schools, Greensboro, N. G. voluntarily
accepted six Negro pupils for enrollment on September 3
in two previously all-white schools: One pupil in each grade
5 to 9 in the Gillespie Park Elementary and Junior High School
and one in the 12th grade of the Greensboro Senior High School*
At the end of the year the elementary pupils were all promoted.
The seventh grader was promoted. The eighth and ninth grade
pupils were retained in their respective grades. All the pupils
were reassigned to the Gillespie School for the year 195B~f59*
The 12th grade pupil made the honor roll throughout the year
and, having acquired the prescribed-units of credit, was
graduated with her class in June,^ 195#*
Some things in connection with the experience
were not unlike that which took place in some other places*
There were actions, procedures, and conditions,
which were, 1 think, peculiar to Greensboro* J "
I. On May 18, 195^ ( The day after the announcement
of the Supreme Court Decision in the Brown Case
and at a regular monthly meeting) the Greensboro
Board of Education passed a resolution,-—
Statement by B. L. Smith to the Civil Rights Commission
at Nashville, Tennessee, March 5, 1959•
