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Short summaries of court cases leading to desegregation

short article on Percy Corbin’s death (at bottom of clipping)

450 striking students returned to Farmville's Moton High School after a two-week protest over segegration. Gov. John Battle ordered them to return to school. (Article refers to P.C. Corbin Case)

Percy Corbin files lawsuit to end "separate but equal" as it relates to high schools

Pulaski County awaits decision on desegregation lawsuit in Court of Appeals. Outcome to affect school systems across the South.

Judge Barkdales reverses earlier decision in wake of Court of Appeals ruling and orders school board to provide equal facilities

Judge Barksdale orders equal school facilities for Black students in Pulaski County

Pulaski County school board plans to renovate and develop schools faces challenges pending court rulings on segregated schools

School board goes into closed session to privately discuss implications of court anti-discrimination ruling

Appeals court in Baltimore rules Pulaski Black families are discriminated against in high school educational provisions