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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Twenty-seven Negro children sought admission to white schools in Fairfax and Arlington counties and Alexandria, Virginia, on May 1, marking the first such attempt in Fairfax and posing the possibility of court action for integration.
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Alexandria, Va., May 1.-Twenty-seven Negroes sought admission to white schools for the first time today in Fairfax and Arlington counties and the city of Alexandria, posing the possibility of the first court action toward integration in Fairfax
Twenty-two Negro children asked for assignments to one high school and at least five elementary schools in Fairfax County, a suburban area across the Potomac River from Washington, in pre-school conferences for next fall.
It marked the first time Fairfax had been the target for a (Continued on Page Four)
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Fairfax And Arlington Counties And The City Of Alexandria, Virginia
Event Date
May 1
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posing the possibility of the first court action toward integration in fairfax
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Twenty-seven Negroes sought admission to white schools for the first time today in Fairfax and Arlington counties and the city of Alexandria. Twenty-two Negro children asked for assignments to one high school and at least five elementary schools in Fairfax County, a suburban area across the Potomac River from Washington, in pre-school conferences for next fall. It marked the first time Fairfax had been the target for a