A columnist for the segregation minded Richmond News Leader wrote, "Here were the colored students in coats, white shirts, and ties and one of them was reading Goethe and one was taking notes from a biology text. ... Although blacks may have been freed from slavery, it didn't mean that they were treated the same as everyone else. ... One of the most horrid days in the 60's would have to go down in the books as March 7, 1965. ...

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