1970 January 5 Black children are enrolled in three formerly all-white Mississippi districts under the watchful eyes of federal marshals and Justice Department officials. Scores of white parents picket the schools, while others keep their children home, relying on the new private schools which have been chartered to circumvent desegregation. HEW Secretary Robert Finch supports a counter move to cut off tax exemptions for the 300-400 "private schools" which have opened in the South since the 1964 Civil Rights Act was enacted. | ||