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A Federal Court in Delaware has approved a new desegregation
plan allowing Negrees to enter white schools in September at all
grade levels, Total desegregation is planned by 1970 under a now
school code which would eliminate schaol disteiets which laok any
ono of graden 1-12, end thereby reduce the munber of Delaware districts
fron 91 to 29,
Only the public schools of the states of Mississippi, South
Carolina and Alabana vill remain vholly segregated in Septenbar, 1961,
48 compared with 17 states and the District of Columbia eight years
ago. Court action 4g pending in Misslestppi on the admission of a
Negro transfer student +o the State University, Ascording to the Southern
Schooh Youn, Nogroes vill attempt to register at public colleges in
Alabama and South Carolina.
In institutions of higher learning, Negroes were admitted far the
firet time to summer sessions at the University of Mani, Wake Forest,
St, Petersburg Junior College, Texas Tech, and the University of
Tennessee's Martin Branch, This Fell Mars Hi22 College, Duke University,
UNIVERSITY PROGRESS, 1961. and Davidson Collegs, all in North Carolina, Georgia
Tach and Oklahoma Christian College will desegregate. Two Negro students
becane the firet of their race to recetva Ph, D, degrees fron the University
of Kentucky in June, 1961, At the University of North Carolina, a Negro
student haa boon chosen editor-in-chief of the Lay Review, acknowledging
hin se'o leading wan in his class.