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Greenville library closes rather than integrate, but within weeks the course is reversed and it was reopened to all citizens
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1960 |
FW Woolworth counter protest |
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1963 |
An official bi-racial committee was established by the Greenville Chamber of Commerce |
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The Civil Rights Act became the law of the land
Federal Judge Robert Martin ordered Greenville County Schools to desegregate |
1964 |
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1968 |
Fair Housing Act was passed as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act |
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Greenville Mayor Cooper White created the Mayor's Committee of Human Relations
(16 members-8 whites and 8 blacks); Dr. William F. Gibson and Doug Smith co-chaired this committee |
1969 |
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