School Integration Will Continue in Birmingham; Segregationists Fail in Attempt to Thwart GA. School Integration; High Court Upholds Mixed Travel in Jackson, Miss.

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SCHOOL INTEGRATION WILL . 
CONTINUE IN BIRMINGHAM 

INGHAM, ALA.--Forward movement of school integration was assured 
this week when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider a 

ool board effort to block desegregation. 

NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys secured some school integra- 
even though the U.S, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is still con= 

“ sidering aspects of the case. 

ih SEGREGATIONISTS FAIL IN ATTEMPT 
& TO THVART GA. SCHOOL INTEGRATION 

“BRUNSWICK, GA.--Segregationist efforts to block voluntary ee 2 
integration here were stymied when the U.S, Supreme Court refused 
Rabe ay their appeal this week. - 

beh «> The Glynn County, Ga. school board had agreed to integrate*six 
“Negro applicants to the previously all white high school before any 

Suit was filed. 

However, white students sued in Federal District Court 
nt desegregation and that Court granted their request. | Th 
gal Defense Fund intervened in behalf of Negro students an 
alied to the Sth Circuit Court. This Court ruled in favor 
ation, 

The segregationists appealed the latter ruling to the U% 
supreme Court, which declined review, thus allowing the NAAC 
Def e Fund-won integration order to stand. Bs: 

‘The six Negro students are in the white schools. 

HIGH COURT UPHOLDS MIXED 4. 
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“JACKSON, MISS.--Six public transportation companies here must cease 
discrimination against Negro citizens as a result of the ae: Suy 

ts. » preme Court's refusal to hear an appeal from segregationis 

Attorneys for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund won the fav rabile* 
ruling in the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last Octobe . The 

.WMississippians appealed to the U,S, Supreme Court which this) week. 
clined to review their appeal. € 35 

* Defense Fund attorneys had to challenge Mississippi's 
tion laws in general before specific relief could be won fr 
carriers, 

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