{"id":8722,"date":"2014-08-07T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2014-08-21T08:58:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T12:58:35","slug":"throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/digital-collections.library.utc.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/p16877coll8\/id\/90\" target=\"_blank\">Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools<\/a> were created in 1955 by two members of the Chattanooga Board of Education shortly after the landmark United States Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional. The rules were used by members of the school board to maintain order in often contentious public hearings and open meetings of the board&#8217;s Inter-racial Advisory Committee that was created to discuss public school integration in Chattanooga, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8725\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8725\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011.jpg\" alt=\"Rules for discussion of racial discrimination in public schools, 1955\" width=\"335\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011.jpg 335w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011-293x400.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rules for discussion of racial discrimination in public schools, 1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This document is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/digital-collections.library.utc.edu\/cdm\/landingpage\/collection\/p16877coll8\" target=\"_blank\">Raymond B. Witt Chattanooga Public Schools Desegregation Records<\/a>, which contains more than 100 legal documents and school board records relating to public school desegregation and the 1960 Mapp v. Board of Education court case that forced Chattanooga to create and implement a plan for integration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools were created in 1955 by two members of the Chattanooga Board of Education shortly after the landmark United States Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional. The rules were used by members of the school board to maintain&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4922],"tags":[10724,10704,10727],"class_list":{"0":"post-8722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-special-collections","7":"tag-civil-rights-movements","8":"tag-manuscripts-and-personal-papers","9":"tag-throwback-thursday","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955 - UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955 - UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools were created in 1955 by two members of the Chattanooga Board of Education shortly after the landmark United States Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional. The rules were used by members of the school board to maintain&hellip; Continue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-08-07T12:00:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-08-21T12:58:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carolyn Runyon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carolyn Runyon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carolyn Runyon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0e860086a1a9493afa3d6a03f1600734\"},\"headline\":\"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-07T12:00:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-08-21T12:58:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":155,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/files\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/MS0830109020011.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Civil rights movements\",\"Manuscripts and Personal Papers\",\"Throwback Thursday\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Special Collections\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955 - UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/files\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/MS0830109020011.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-07T12:00:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-08-21T12:58:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0e860086a1a9493afa3d6a03f1600734\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/files\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/MS0830109020011.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/files\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/MS0830109020011.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/07\\\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Your Scrappy UT Chattanooga Library\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0e860086a1a9493afa3d6a03f1600734\",\"name\":\"Carolyn Runyon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/72ebaf2308da29afa949b71ed20f0a41f1e5937abbfc43b0c7047db52b00454b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/72ebaf2308da29afa949b71ed20f0a41f1e5937abbfc43b0c7047db52b00454b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/72ebaf2308da29afa949b71ed20f0a41f1e5937abbfc43b0c7047db52b00454b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Carolyn Runyon\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/library\\\/author\\\/csg376\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955 - UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955 - UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"The Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools were created in 1955 by two members of the Chattanooga Board of Education shortly after the landmark United States Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional. The rules were used by members of the school board to maintain&hellip; Continue Reading","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/","og_site_name":"UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_published_time":"2014-08-07T12:00:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-08-21T12:58:35+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Carolyn Runyon","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carolyn Runyon","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/"},"author":{"name":"Carolyn Runyon","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/#\/schema\/person\/0e860086a1a9493afa3d6a03f1600734"},"headline":"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955","datePublished":"2014-08-07T12:00:22+00:00","dateModified":"2014-08-21T12:58:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/"},"wordCount":155,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011.jpg","keywords":["Civil rights movements","Manuscripts and Personal Papers","Throwback Thursday"],"articleSection":["Special Collections"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/","name":"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955 - UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011.jpg","datePublished":"2014-08-07T12:00:22+00:00","dateModified":"2014-08-21T12:58:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/#\/schema\/person\/0e860086a1a9493afa3d6a03f1600734"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/08\/MS0830109020011.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/08\/07\/throwback-thursday-rules-for-discussion-of-racial-discrimination-in-public-schools-1955\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rules for Discussion of Racial Discrimination in Public Schools, 1955"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/","name":"UTC Library Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Your Scrappy UT Chattanooga Library","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/#\/schema\/person\/0e860086a1a9493afa3d6a03f1600734","name":"Carolyn Runyon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72ebaf2308da29afa949b71ed20f0a41f1e5937abbfc43b0c7047db52b00454b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72ebaf2308da29afa949b71ed20f0a41f1e5937abbfc43b0c7047db52b00454b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72ebaf2308da29afa949b71ed20f0a41f1e5937abbfc43b0c7047db52b00454b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Carolyn Runyon"},"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/author\/csg376\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8722"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8761,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722\/revisions\/8761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}