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The Ohio Daily Express
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
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In Kansas City, MO, the closure of segregated Catholic high school facilities at St. Monica led to 17 Negro students enrolling unsegregated in five Catholic high schools for the 1949-50 year, announced by Father Alvin.
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With the closing of jimcrow Catholic high school facilities for Negroes, 17 colored students enrolled in five Catholic high schools in Kansas City for the 1949-50 school year, it was announced this week by Father Alvin, pastor of St. Joseph's church.
The admission of colored students on an unsegregated basis was the result of a decision of Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara to close the high school setup at the St. Monica school, and make it merely an eight grade elementary school. Before the grammar school had only seven grades.
Students attending the high schools are:
Joyce and Jean Blakey, Pearline Melton,
Eleanor Thompson,
Anna Louise Taylor, Beverly Jean Twine, Beverly Carter, Julia Carter,
Julia Jones, Imogene Williams, Mary Williams, Mary Jo Baker,
Fay Weaver, Mary Ann Mathis,
Bennie Denson, Alonzo Robinson,
Robert Carter, and John Edward Perry.
They attend the following high schools: Hogan, Lillis, Glennon, St. Aloysius, and Rockhurst.
Father Alvin, in praising the new nonsegregated setup, said in part:
"The opening of the Catholic high schools here in Kansas City to the colored Catholic children is but another step - - and not the last -.- to give meaning to its belief that all of us are the children of the same good Father who is in heaven, brothers of the same Jesus who died for us, and hopeful aspirants to the same kingdom he has prepared for those who love and serve him."
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Kansas City, Mo
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1949 50 School Year
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closure of high school at st. monica, now an eight-grade elementary; 17 students admitted unsegregated to five catholic high schools.
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Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara decided to close the segregated high school at St. Monica, allowing 17 colored students to enroll in Hogan, Lillis, Glennon, St. Aloysius, and Rockhurst high schools on an unsegregated basis, announced by Father Alvin of St. Joseph's church.