MC62. School Enrollment Composition Study Committee, Records, 1970-1971
Scope and Contents
Appointed by the District 186 School Board in 1970. More than one hundred members chosen after contacting Springfield churches, clubs and civic organizations. Charged to develop plans to reduce racial imbalance which existed in Springfield public schools.
Minutes, agenda, memoranda, membership and committee lists, news clippings and reports documenting the Committee's attempts to plan for equal educational opportunity and racial desegregation of the schools. Also contains a statement by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to the Board of Education; and a Minority Ethnic Group Distributions report.
Dates
- Created: 1970 - 1971
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0.16 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
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Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
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