North Carolina reaction to The Supreme Court decision on segregation

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This three-page report written by Benjamin L. Smith, around 1954, regards the North Carolina reaction to the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Smith writes that there have been mixed reactions within the black community, and that the local newspapers have supported the decision. He reports on the reaction of politicians, acknowledging that some want to "circumvent the decision." He also discusses the Greensboro Board of Education's decision to comply with the law, and writes of the responses they have received from citizens.

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Title: North Carolina reaction to The Supreme Court decision on segregation
Who's responsible?: Smith, Benjamin Lee (Creator)
Additional historical information: Benjamin Lee Smith was born February 6, 1893 in, Caldwell County, N.C. He received his A.B. from Duke University in 1916, and his M.A. from Duke in 1937. He served as superintendent of schools in the western North Carolina cities of Forest City, Rutherford-Spindale, and Shelby before assuming the same position in Greensboro, N.C., in 1935. His twenty-three year tenure in Greensboro included the years immediately following the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision ordering desegregation of public schools. In 1959, he participated in the National Civil Rights hearing on school integration. Smith died in 1961. Ben L. Smith High School in Greensboro is named for him.
Original creation or publication date: 1954
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Decade: 1950-1959
Type of item: text
Original format: reports
Subject headings: Segregation in education--United States
Race relations
Topics: North Carolina
African-American History
Additional tags: Primary and secondary education
School desegregation, 1954-1958
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Contributing Institution: Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Collection: Benjamin Lee Smith Papers
Civil Rights Greensboro
Funding source: LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
Contributor's identifier: Duke_RL.01210.0960
Gateway identifier: duke:624
OCLC number: 884367657

North Carolina reaction to The Supreme Court decision on segregation

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