Charlottesville Faces Integration

As the beginning of the school year approaches, Charlottesville Negroes prepare for integration, the whites for “massive resistance.” Upon the outcome may depend Virginia’s future policy

Charlottesville’s days are numbered; each brings the community closer to the inevitable consequences of Virginia’s “massive resistance” policy— the closing of white schools to thwart court-ordered desegregation. Use of the ultimate weapon in the state’s arsenal may level the structure of public education and force hundreds, possibly thousands of children of both races into makeshift classrooms.

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As the beginning of the school year approaches, Charlottesville Negroes prepare for integration, the whites for “massive resistance.” Upon the outcome may depend Virginia’s future policy

Charlottesville’s days are numbered; each brings the community closer to the inevitable consequences of Virginia’s “massive resistance” policy— the closing of white schools to thwart court-ordered desegregation. Use of the ultimate weapon in the state’s arsenal may level the structure of public education and force hundreds, possibly thousands of children of both races into makeshift classrooms.