White flight emptied Holmes County public schools within two years of desegregation
Evidence
In 1969, the first year of desegregation, the number of white students enrolled in public schools in Holmes County dropped from 771 to 28; the following year, that number fell to zero. — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 101
Categorization
- CANDY: A crisp concrete data point — 771 to 28 to zero — that dramatizes the segregation-academy surge without needing much context.
- XREF: connects to: Suburban school district fragmentation structurally enabled white flight from desegregation. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3026; White flight left empty schools while black students were crowded into half-day sessions — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 377; White families fled to suburbs rather than send children to integrated schools — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 1187
Related
- White flight left empty schools while black students were crowded into half-day sessions (similarity 0.79)
- School segregation increased between 1976 and 1980 after early progress (similarity 0.78)
- Suburban school district fragmentation structurally enabled white flight from desegregation. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- White families fled to suburbs rather than send children to integrated schools
#exemplifies(0.90) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 1187 - White flight left empty schools while black students were crowded into half-day sessions
#exemplifies(0.85) — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight, 377 - Suburban school district fragmentation structurally enabled white flight from desegregation.
#expands(0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3026