Speech regarding the Gray Commission plan [manuscript], 1955.

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Speech regarding the Gray Commission plan [manuscript], 1955.

Bemiss supports the Gray Commission (Governor's Commission on Public Education) plan as a compromise which would preserve the public school system in Virginia and avoid enforced integration by allowing local option and providing tuition grants for children of both races.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Bemiss, Fitzgerald, 1922-

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Chairman of Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation, and member of Virginia Tax Study Commission and Virginia Governor's Council on the Environment. From the description of Papers : of Fitzgerald Bemiss, 1958-1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793684 State legislator from Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1952-1978. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29631119 ...

Virginia. Commission on Public Education

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