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Superintendent Paul D. West to Parents, Aug. 7, 1967

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Title

Superintendent Paul D. West to Parents, Aug. 7, 1967

Subject

Georgia--Fulton County
Correspondence
School superintendents
School Integration
Choice plan
Paul D. West

Description

As part of the plan to integrate the Fulton County School System in the wake of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954, the Fulton County Board of Education settled on a plan to desegregate the system by allowing each student/parent to choose the school they wished to attend.

Creator

Superintendent Paul D. West

Publisher

Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga

Date

1967

Rights

No restrictions

Identifier

1967.supt.13.17.2

Collection

Superintendents

Tags

correspondence, desegregation, integration

Citation

Superintendent Paul D. West, “Superintendent Paul D. West to Parents, Aug. 7, 1967,” Fulton County Schools Archives Digital Collections, accessed June 26, 2022, https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/48.

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