Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, both the Haywood County and Brownsville, Tenn., City Schools adopted “freedom of choice” plans for desegregation of pupils for the school year 1965-66. At this time there were approximately 6,000 K-12 pupils across Haywood County. African Americans numbered about 4,000 and whites about 2,000. Under ...
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