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Human Relations
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1960 - 1969
Library Protest 1960
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Greenville library closes rather than integrate, but within weeks the course is reversed and it was reopened to all citizens 1960 FW Woolworth counter protest FW Woolworth counter protest
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Protester Arrested
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1963 An official bi-racial committee was established by the Greenville Chamber of Commerce
The Civil Rights Act became the law of the land

Federal Judge Robert Martin ordered Greenville County Schools to desegregate
1964
1968 Fair Housing Act was passed as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act
Greenville Mayor Cooper White 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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