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Full-Time Blacks

"That the Albemarle County
Board of Education make use of its
resources in a sincere and vigorous
effort to employ more full-time
Negro office staff in the public
schools of Albemarle County. We
further urge that this effort be
undertaken immediately."

Board Chairman Jenkins
defended the policies of the Board,
reminding the group that the hiring
of school employees is done
without regard to race. But Jenkins
was quoted in the Charlottesville-Albemarle
Tribune as admitting
that "Maybe we don't make an
effort to encourage Negro teachers
to come. We just don't make an
effort to recruit by race. It's not
our policy. Maybe that's a
mistake."