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Arizona Sun
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Federal court in Richmond orders West Point, Va., to plan integration of its segregated elementary and high schools starting mid-1962-63 term, following lawsuit by NAACP and 10 Black students whose high schoolers attended out-of-town schools.
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RICHMOND, Va. A federal district court order this week directed the town of West Point, Va., to file plans within 90 days "for immediate steps" to integrate its schools commencing with the mid-year term of the 1962-63 session.
The ruling, won by the NAACP Virginia State Conference of branches, applies to West Point elementary and high school. Ten Negro students and their parents instituted this action because West Point maintains all-Negro and all-white schools. In addition, Negro high school students were forced to attend schools out of town.
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West Point, Va.
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federal district court order directing the town to file plans within 90 days for immediate steps to integrate schools commencing with the mid-year term of the 1962-63 session
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A federal district court order directed the town of West Point, Va., to file plans within 90 days for immediate steps to integrate its schools commencing with the mid-year term of the 1962-63 session. The ruling, won by the NAACP Virginia State Conference of branches, applies to West Point elementary and high school. Ten Negro students and their parents instituted this action because West Point maintains all-Negro and all-white schools. In addition, Negro high school students were forced to attend schools out of town.