School Integration:  The Long, Difficult Road to Compromise

The History School Integration in Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne’s Counties

Endnotes

1. Cecil Democrat,  “State Superintendent Dedicates Carver School: Building Called Dream Fulfillment” Cecil Democrat, January 15, 1955: Elkton: A1

2. Cecil Whig, “NAACP May Sue School Board on Segregation: Elkton, September 23, 1954 A1

3. Cecil Whig, “Segregation at New Bainbridge School Results in Suit Against County Board,” January 13, 1955,  Elkton: A1

4. Cecil County Board of Education, Minutes of the Boards, September & October 1954, January 1955

5. Cecil County Board of Education, Minutes of the Board, August 1958 & April 1962.

6. Cecil County Board of Education, Minutes of the Board, February 1964

7. Cecil Democrat, “Two Remaining all Negro Schools to Close in June,” May 25, 1965, Elkton: A1

8. Cecil Whig, “Complete Cecil School Integration Will Become Effective June 30,” Elkton, May 26, 1965: A1

9. Clarence Hawkins, Speech made at the Nery Highland Garnett Alumni Association, February 2, 2008.

10. Kent Count News, “Segregation to be Continued in Kent Next School Year,” Chestertown: June 26, 1954: A8

11. Kent County News, “School Plan on Desgregation Gets Approved,”  Chestertown:  June 15, 1996 A1

12. Thomas Lee Newman, Sub-Community Perceptions of Selected School Processes in the Kent County, Maryland Secondary School, George Washington University A Dissertation:  February 16, 1976, 20-22 & 246-247

13. Kent Count News, “Abandon 7th Grade at Garnett; To Shift Pupils,” Chestertown:  May 25, 1966, A1

14. Thomas Lee Newman 20-22

15. Salisbury Times, “Full School Segregation Remains in only 2 Maryland Counties,: Salisbury:  August 31, 1964, A3.

16. Susan Boone, Media Specialist Queen Anne’s County High School, Personal Interview, January 24, 2008

17. Rich McNeil, Principal, Queen Anne’s County High School, Pesonal Interview, December 21, 2007.

18. U.S. Census Bureau, 1960 Census , Cecil County

19. U.S. Census Bureau, 1960 Census, Queen Anne’s County

20. United States Commission on Civil Rights, Report on School Desegregation in Fourteen Maryland Counties, Baltimore:  1964

21. U.S. Census Bureau, 1960 Census, Kent County, Maryland

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