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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Petitions circulate in Kenton and Campbell counties, Kentucky, against amending the Day Law to allow Catholic and private schools to enroll Negro students, despite support from Louisville's legislative committee chaired by Mark Ethridge at the request of Rt. Rev. Felix N. Pitt. Legislators note strong opposition, giving the bill little chance of passing.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. --(ANP)- Catholic and other private schools in Kentucky will not be permitted to enroll Negroes if legislators pay any attention to petitions now being circulated in two northern state counties.
Petitions are being circulated in Kenton and Campbell counties against the proposal to amend the Day Law to permit the schools to admit colored students.
The proposal to amend the law was drafted and approved by Mayor Farnsley's legislative committee in Louisville at the request of the Rt. Rev. Felix N. Pitt, secretary of the Catholic school board. Mark Ethridge, former chairman of the World War II FEPC, is chairman of the legislative committee.
Many legislators say that the bill has little chance of passing because of opposition from Catholics themselves.
The Kentucky Day Law which prohibits whites and Negroes from attending the same school was amended in 1948 to let colored doctors and nurses take post-graduate courses in Louisville public hospitals.
It was further amended in 1950 to let Negroes attend institutions of higher learning, provided an institution's governing body approved and provided comparable courses were not available at Kentucky State College for Negroes at Frankfort.
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Kenton And Campbell Counties, Kentucky
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the bill has little chance of passing because of opposition from catholics themselves.
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Petitions are being circulated in Kenton and Campbell counties against the proposal to amend the Day Law to permit Catholic and other private schools to admit colored students. The proposal was drafted and approved by Mayor Farnsley's legislative committee in Louisville at the request of the Rt. Rev. Felix N. Pitt, secretary of the Catholic school board. Mark Ethridge, former chairman of the World War II FEPC, is chairman of the legislative committee.