Upper South In North Carolina, there was often a strategy of nominally accepting Brown, but tacitly resisting it. On May 18, 1954, the Greensboro, North Carolina school board declared that it would abide by the Brown ruling. This was the result of the initiative of D. E. Hudgins Jr., a former Rhodes Scholar and prominent attorney, who chaired the school board. This made Greensboro the first, and for years the only, city in the South, to announce its intent to comply. However, others in the city resisted integration, putting up legal obstacles to the actual implementation of school desegregation for years afterward, and in 1969, the federal government found the city was not in compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Transition to a fully integrated school system did not begin until 1971, after numerous local lawsuits and both nonviolent and violent demonstrations. Historians have noted the irony that Greensboro, which had heralded itself as such a progressive city, was one of the last holdouts for school desegregation.
Upper South In North Carolina there was often a strategy of nominally accepting Brown but tacitly resisting it On May 18 1954 the Greensboro North Carolina school board declared that it would abide by the Brown ruling This was the result of the initiative of D E Hudgins Jr a former Rhodes Scholar and prominent attorney who chaired the school board This made Greensboro the first and for years the only city in the South to announce its intent to comply However others in the city resisted integration putting up legal obstacles to the actual implementation of school desegregation for years afterward and in 1969 the federal government found the city was not in compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act Transition to a fully integrated school system did not begin until 1971 after numerous local lawsuits and both nonviolent and violent demonstrations Historians have noted the irony that Greensboro which had heralded itself as such a progressive city was one of the last holdouts for school desegregation