AAS 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter p.389-408: Autherine Lucy, Southern Manifesto, Politics Of The Southern United States
20 Feb 2019
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In 1947, new jersey passed a constitutional amendment that barred school segregation, and the governor ordered aggressive enforcement of it, including the withholding of state funds from districts that continued to segregate. In 1949, illinois enacted a similar funds-withholding law. Arizona, new mexico, kansas, and wyoming had been eradicating segregation before brown, and the. Brown attracted little attention in democratic primaries in arkansas, alabama, florida, and texas. Throughout the south, editors urged calm and avoided talk of defiance. In georgia, the governor was against school desegregation, and so were 8 of the 9 candidates in the primary. Mississippi officials warned that they would abolish public education before integrating. Passed laws in the fall to close the schools. Louisiana used its police power to adopt a new school segregation law. South carolina gave no hint that they intended to abandon segregation. Whites flocked the councils as southern blacks began filing desegregation petitions with school boards.
