William T. Shelton Desegregation Materials 1954-1970.

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William T. Shelton Desegregation Materials 1954-1970.

Contains materials concerning the desegregation of public schools throughout the South.

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Shelton, William T., 1920-

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With the support of the Ford Foundation, southern editors created the Southern Education Reporting Service (SERS), based in Nashville, Tennessee. Top newspapermen and women of the District of Columbia and 17 southern and border states became correspondents to the SERS newspaper, Southern School News. William T. Shelton, city editor of the Arkansas Gazette, served as Arkansas' correspondent to the SERS paper. Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1920, Shelton began his newspaper career in the Depressio...

Southern Education Reporting Service

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