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The Ohio Daily Express
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
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NAACP plans lawsuit in Princess Anne County, VA, to equalize school facilities for Black and white children after failed bond issue for new Negro high school. Funds set aside; local leaders hesitant but federal precedents favor success. Meeting planned for legal action.
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Equalize Schools
RICHMOND, July 14. (ANP)
-Funds for a suit to compel
Princess Anne county to equalize
educational facilities for Negro
and white children have been set
aside by both the national NAACP
office and the state conference
here, it was revealed last week.
The NAACP has been ready for
months to go into the courts to
force a showdown on the nasty
situation in the county, but hesi-
tant Negro leaders in Princess Anne
have continued to look to the
school board, the supervisors and
the efforts at two referendums on
bond issues which were defeated
in both instances.
A spokesman for the NAACP
state conference said last week
that victory is practically assured
once the school equalization issue
is carried to court in view of re-
cent Federal court decisions on
similar cases in which equal school
facilities for the two races were
ordered by the court.
An official canvass
on the
bond issue of $250,000 for a new
Negro high school in
Princess
Anne county, Va., shows that 357
county residents voted Tuesday,
June 29, against the proposal and
331 in favor of it.
Both of the bond issues voted
on by Magisterial districts for im-
provements of white elementary
schools were supported by the resi-
dents of those districts.
Various Negro groups in Prin-
cess Anne county including the
county NAACP branch will hold
a meeting soon to map plans for
legal action against the county, it
was announced here July 3. One
big question is the availability of
some person or persons to insti-
tute the suit demanding equal
school facilities.
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Princess Anne County, Va.
Event Date
July 14
Outcome
bond issue for $250,000 new negro high school defeated 357-331 on june 29; white elementary school bond issues supported.
Event Details
Funds set aside by national and state NAACP for suit to compel equalization of educational facilities for Negro and white children in Princess Anne county. NAACP ready for months but local Negro leaders hesitant, relying on school board, supervisors, and two defeated bond referendums. Spokesman confident of victory based on recent federal court decisions ordering equal facilities. Negro groups, including county NAACP branch, to meet soon to plan legal action; need plaintiff for suit. Announced July 3.