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Roanoke City School Board Meeting
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Dr. Edward W. Rushton, superintendent of schools in the city of Roanoke, stated that
there were no plans to integrate Roanoke schools. His comments were in response to a
letter to the school board from Rueben E. Lawson, attorney and president of the Roanoke
chapter of the NAACP. Lawson asked plainly which of the city's public schools would be
integrated and when. Rushton and the school board decided to comply with the state
orders against integration, insuring continued state funding for the city's schools and
avoiding a possible school closing and withdrawal of state support. The school board
replied to Lawson's letter in a statement that read: "the board does not contemplate at
the present time any change in the operation of the public schools in Roanoke." (Roanoke
World News, August 21, 1956)
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