This began the process of desegregation in many schools that had not desegregated yet. She attended segregated public schools, her classes only being desegregated when she was a senior. The library system racially desegregated in 1953. In 1956, Louisville public schools desegregated. Public schools were desegregated soon after. He and Thomas attended desegregated public schools. In the 1960s Columbia County schools were not desegregated. By 1969, all Arlington high schools were desegregated. In 1948, the army was desegregated by order of President Harry S. Truman. Fairfax County Schools were completely desegregated by the Fall of 1965. In 1955, UNC officially desegregated its undergraduate divisions. In St. Louis, Catholic schools were desegregated in 1947. The city appealed the ruling, which delayed implementation however the schools were eventually desegregated. In Washington, DC, the Catholic schools were desegregated in 1948. In Moberly, Missouri, the schools were desegregated, as ordered.