March 9, 1955, will be remembered as a day of deceit in the halls of power. The Arkansas Senate passed amendments to a bill aimed at preventing integration in public schools, effectively killing the legislation. The bill proposed a convoluted educational system, where the state could assign black and white students to separate schools. But it was a ruse, designed to stall until the U.S. Supreme Court could issue its own guidelines on integrating the races.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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