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Tags: (Jesse) Royce Hanner (2/10/1929 - 1/2/2016)

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School Men HEW Session

The beginning of the article discusses newly elected board member, Felton Pate. However, the second half discusses how the Turner County Board of Education planned "to wait until the last possible minute to submit a plan for abolishing Turner…

Tags: (Jesse) Royce Hanner (2/10/1929 - 1/2/2016), Ashburn Public Schools, Barbara Atkinson Lathem (9/27/1936 - 5/27/1982), Billy Roberts Sr., Buck Durham (5/15/1918 - 3/31/1988), Daniel Carlton Royal Sr. (1/5/1907 - 5/18/1991), Erline Pate (12/22/1920 - 4/16/1981), Felton Pate, Integration of Turner County Schools, Marie Mitchell, Robert Davis, Rudene Gentry, Tom Shivers

Board Wants 'Free Choice' - 500 Hear Plan for Schools

"A plan which calls for freedom of choice by students who will be allowed to attend any school they wish in Turner County will be submitted Feb. 28, school officials said.

They said they intend to follow this plan to 'the letter of the law.' If it…

Tags: (Jesse) Royce Hanner (2/10/1929 - 1/2/2016), Ashburn Public Schools, Buck Durham (5/15/1918 - 3/31/1988), Daniel Carlton Royal Sr. (1/5/1907 - 5/18/1991), Hodge King (1914-1999), Integration of Turner County Schools, Jimmy Alberson (1936-2019), John R. Rogers, Race Relations in Turner County, Robert Davis, The Wiregrass Farmer, Tom Shivers, Walter Whitehead, William G. "Bill" Hardin (1928-2012)

Private School Now Lists 270; Board Meets

"Confronted with a Federal Court order to abolish a dual school system by integrating all students and faculties, the Turner County Board of Education met..."

Turner County was one of 81 systems that were required to integrate or risk losing their…

Tags: (Jesse) Royce Hanner (2/10/1929 - 1/2/2016), Buck Durham (5/15/1918 - 3/31/1988), Integration of Turner County Schools, Race Relations in Turner County, Robert Davis, The Wiregrass Farmer

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