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1960
2 WHITE SCHOOLS IN NEW ORLEANS ARE INTEGRATED
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14—Federal deputy marshals escorted four Negro girls into two white elementary schools today while angry crowds hurled jeers and insults.
Many white parents withdrew their children from school. Marching youths sang “Glory, glory segregation” to the tune of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and legislators filled the capitol at Baton Rouge with threats and a flood of oratory.
But no violence marked this first step toward compliance with Federal court desegregation rulings in the hard core resistance area of the Deep South.
This event occurred on Nov. 14, but appeared in the Nov. 15 issue of The New York Times. Read the entire article or explore this issue in full in TimesMachine.
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