Many Southerners, including the citizens of Manatee County, Fla. stepped up school construction last year. One motive: to make their "separate but equal" school facilities equal and thus head off a U.S. Supreme Court decision against segregation.
When the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation (TIME, May 24), some Manatee County taxpayers wanted to cancel their $1,750,000 school building authorization. Last week the Florida Supreme Court refused their plea, arguing that the new schools were needed and that it would take a long time to desegregate. Florida Justice Glenn Terrell said the U.S. Supreme Court decision was "a great mistake" and...
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