One person's perspective on Washington DC school integration:

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/school-integration/washdc/index.html

>We moved to D.C. from Denver in 1959 when I was 5 and lived there for 10 years. While I do not remember any signs it was totally segregated. There were African American communitie and shcools and white communities and schools. D.C. itself, as it is still to this day, was about 96% African American as far as those that lived there.
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>My overall point in saying all of this was to support the truth that segregation was not just a southern issue. It is a common myth that is just not supported by the facts. No doubt that the break up of segregation was much more difficult in the south but there were some problems where ever it occured.
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>In addition the idea that it was not "forced" anywhere but in the south just does not hold up. Again, there was more resistance to it in the south but I think it was "forced" in all areas where segregation existed at the time. In essence folks had to be MADE to move to others schools it did not just happen. That is.... "force"
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>Jusft for fun.... and because your comment about D.C. really got me thinking.... I should do an email poll asking people in the area if they thought that D.C. is southern. It would be interesting.... you just may be right about it.