Greenberg Statement on Brewer v. Norfolk School Board

Press Release
May 30, 1968

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Greenberg Statement on Norfolk, Va. Decision on Location of New School Construction

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  • Press Releases, Volume 5. Greenberg Statement on Brewer v. Norfolk School Board, 1968. 4ba265b4-b892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/4c06d277-9adc-495c-8a6c-d4b33b14f075/greenberg-statement-on-brewer-v-norfolk-school-board. Accessed July 12, 2025.

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Statement by Jack Greenberg, director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 

Re: Brewer v. Norfolk School Board ee ortotk School Board 

The Norfolk opinion shows that site selection for new schools 
is a matter for judicial supervision. This should forestall the 
familiar school board tactic of professing good faith to the courts 
while locating new school construction where segregation would be 
most convenient. Acceleration of the pace of faculty desegregation 
is clearly indicated by this ruling. 

The district court is directed to require a definite goal and a 
realistic time table for complete faculty desegregation. 

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AP, UPI - Richmond, Va. 
THE NEW YORK TIMES

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