Report of special committee on integration in our public school system

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This January 25, 1956 report makes recommendations as to how member churches of the National Council on Churches should work to support school desegregation in their communities. The recommendations reaffirm and advance a 1955 resolution adopted by the National Council of Churches which states: "Now that the Supreme Court has spoken (regarding segregation in the public schools) we urge that churches as represented in the Council accept the decision of the Court as the law of the land and endeavor as fully as possible, in the spirit of Christ, to realize an integrated public school system."

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Title: Report of special committee on integration in our public school system
Who's responsible?: National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (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: 1956-01-25
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.01210.0996
Gateway identifier: duke:516
OCLC number: 884367444

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