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Virginia Tidewater State Leads Soat/, in Seek- ing Way Oat of Desegregation Crisis

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Cow·t dropped the segregation decision on the mores of the South with the im- pact of a million blockbusters. But when the shock had passed and the white citizens contemplated the ef- fects, they found little perceptible change. By an unorganized common consent, passive resistance and non- acceptance had become the order of the day. The decrees contemplated a more or less lengthy period of adjust- ment before compliance became man- datory, and after a flurry of emer- gency planning had subsided, most of the South took a mafiana attitude toward the solution of the conflict between the law and public opinion.

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Virginia Tidewater State Leads Soat/, in Seek- ing Way Oat of Desegregation Crisis

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Cow·t dropped the segregation decision on the mores of the South with the im- pact of a million blockbusters. But when the shock had passed and the white citizens contemplated the ef- fects, they found little perceptible change. By an unorganized common consent, passive resistance and non- acceptance had become the order of the day. The decrees contemplated a more or less lengthy period of adjust- ment before compliance became man- datory, and after a flurry of emer- gency planning had subsided, most of the South took a mafiana attitude toward the solution of the conflict between the law and public opinion.