Asheville Citizen-Times reports on the day Asheville City Schools began desegregating — Aug. 24, 1961:
Desegregation of the city school system began 50 years ago this week when — without any fanfare — five black students headed to class at what had been an all-white school.
There were no protesters or National Guard troops, just first- and second-graders making their way to Newton Elementary School on Biltmore Avenue. ...
It wasn’t the end of segregated city schools, but it was a first step that put the city school system on a long, often difficult path to desegregation, a path that eventually included a lawsuit, turmoil at Asheville High and a federal court order. ...
But the school board limited school reassignments to the first three grades. ...
In fact, the city school system continued building segregated schools, according to Deborah Miles with the Center for Diversity Education at UNC Asheville. ...
“The feeling was if they started out in the lower grades, over time it would be more palatable,” said Marvin D. Chambers, one of the founders of the Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality, which worked on segregation issues in Asheville. ...
Violence erupted at Asheville High in 1969 ...
Asheville City schools began implementing a court-ordered desegregation plan in 1970. ...
In 1988, a Civil Rights Act discrimination complaint regarding racial imbalance at some city schools led to a second desegregation order. That one remains in effect today. ...Read the full article
Desegregation of the city school system began 50 years ago this week when — without any fanfare — five black students headed to class at what had been an all-white school.
There were no protesters or National Guard troops, just first- and second-graders making their way to Newton Elementary School on Biltmore Avenue. ...
It wasn’t the end of segregated city schools, but it was a first step that put the city school system on a long, often difficult path to desegregation, a path that eventually included a lawsuit, turmoil at Asheville High and a federal court order. ...
But the school board limited school reassignments to the first three grades. ...
In fact, the city school system continued building segregated schools, according to Deborah Miles with the Center for Diversity Education at UNC Asheville. ...
“The feeling was if they started out in the lower grades, over time it would be more palatable,” said Marvin D. Chambers, one of the founders of the Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality, which worked on segregation issues in Asheville. ...
Violence erupted at Asheville High in 1969 ...
Asheville City schools began implementing a court-ordered desegregation plan in 1970. ...
In 1988, a Civil Rights Act discrimination complaint regarding racial imbalance at some city schools led to a second desegregation order. That one remains in effect today. ...Read the full article
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