- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- North Carolina reaction to The Supreme Court decision on segregation
- Creator:
- Smith, Benjamin Lee
- Date of Original:
- 1954
- Subject:
- Segregation in education--United States
Race relations
School integration - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- 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.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/463
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
- Extent:
- 8.5" x 11"
- Original Collection:
- http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/smithbenjaminlee/
RL.01210 Benjamin Lee Smith Papers
CRG - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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