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As noted in this front page Cumberland Evening Times article, school integration began in Allegany County on September 6, 1955 when 150 "Negroes" reported for classes at formerly all white county schools. Enrollment at the Carver School for black students dropped over 50 percent. These four children, two white and two black, were actually neighborhood friends and playmates walking to the Virginia Avenue School together for the first time. From left to right is Carole Williams, Belle Riggs, Nancy Logsdon, and Juanita Williams, now Juanita Cage Lewis.