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Missing Teachers

Several members of the audience
inquired as to the whereabouts of
the teachers who had previously
taught at the segregated schools in
Albemarle County. Board Chairman
Jenkins explained that there had
not been any conscious effort to
get rid of the black school faculties.
He explained that many individuals
on these faculties had not been
qualified to continue their
profession in the newly-integrated
schools. The rest were either serving
the county in the integrated schools
or had found jobs elsewhere.

A woman in the audience then
asked, with reference to Mr.
Jenkins' explanations: "You mean
that the Negro teachers were good
enough to teach our Negro kids but
are not good enough to teach white
kids?"