North Carolina school desegregation papers, 1955-1956, 1955-1956.

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North Carolina school desegregation papers, 1955-1956, 1955-1956.

The North Carolina School Desegregation Papers, 1955-1956 (mss 413), is a small collection (one folder) of mostly published material, generated by the faction that was opposed to the racial desegregation of public schools. The source of this material is not known.

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North Carolina. Governor (1954-1961 : Hodges)

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Pearsall Plan.

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North Carolina. Pearsall Committee.

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North Carolina Advisory Committee on Education

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Patriots of North Carolina, Inc.

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Field Foundation (New York, N.Y.)

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The Field Foundation was established in 1940 by Marshall Field III, a Chicago banker, publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, and grandson of the founder of the Marshall Field and Company department store in Chicago. The foundation provided support to organizations promoting civil rights, civil liberties, and child welfare and to other groups and individuals working for social change. By 1988 the foundation had distributed all its funds and ceased to exist. From the guide to the Field Fo...

Pearsall, Thomas J. (Thomas Jenkins), 1903-1981

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Thomas J. Pearsall was an attorney of Rocky Mount, N.C., who was the chief author of the 1956 Pearsall Plan for school integration in North Carolina and chairman of the board of the Roanoke Island Historical Association, 1975-1981. From the description of Thomas Jenkins Pearsall papers, 1954-1979 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25814074 Thomas Jenkins Pearsall was born on 11 February 1903 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Braswell and lived ...