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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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In Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 27, white parents filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reopen six schools closed due to anti-integration laws, claiming denial of equal protection for their children. Defendants include Gov. J. Lindsay Almond and others. A Nov. 18 referendum on integration vs. closed schools is planned.
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Norfolk, Va. Oct. 27 - White parents in Norfolk filed suit in federal district court today asking that this port city's six integration-closed schools be returned to local control so the plaintiffs' children can be educated.
The suit named Gov. J. Lindsay Almond, Atty. Gen. Albertis S. Harrison Jr., Norfolk School Supt. J. J. Brewbaker and all members of the Norfolk School Board as defendants.
It was the first direct action taken by white parents in Virginia for re-opening of schools which have been closed by anti-integration laws.
The nine white couples who filed the suit contended their children were being denied equal protection under the law by being deprived of public education.
The suit was filed in the court of Judge Walter E. Hoffman, who handed down the original desegregation
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regation order against Norfolk and supplemented it this summer.
Hoffman gave no indication when he would hear the motion.
The City Council has called a referendum for Nov. 18 so the people could express their views on whether they would prefer integration to closed schools.
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Norfolk, Va.
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Oct. 27
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suit filed by nine white couples; no hearing date set; referendum scheduled for nov. 18 on integration versus closed schools.
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White parents in Norfolk filed suit in federal district court asking for return of local control over six integration-closed schools to educate their children, naming state and local officials as defendants. It is the first such action by white parents in Virginia against anti-integration school closures. The suit contends denial of equal protection under the law. Filed before Judge Walter E. Hoffman, who issued prior desegregation orders. City Council called a Nov. 18 referendum on preferring integration to closed schools.