Report of Lincoln County School District

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Includes Correspondence from Hobbs to Clerk.

Impact area
- Education
Topic
- Educational Equity
Matter
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Case
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
U.S. state
- Mississippi
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 69572253-d267-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421

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Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Report of Lincoln County School District, 1970. 69572253-d267-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/072c3aba-8f08-43b9-8e5d-ce812b4535c2/report-of-lincoln-county-school-district. Accessed November 19, 2025.

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    HENRY W. HOBBS 

HENRY W. HOBBS, JR. 

RALPH L. PEEPLES 

HOBBS, HOBBS & PEEPLES 
ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI 39601 

P. 0. BOX 356 

TELEPHONE 833-2711 

AREA CODE 601 

 



  

Elementary 
School 

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

  

NOS. 28030 & 28042 

  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v 

LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL., 
Defendants-Appellees. 

DECEMBER 1, 1970, REPORT OF LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL 

DISTRICT ET AL PURSUANT TO ORDER OF MARCH 30, 1970. 
  

Come now the Lincoln County School District, the Superintendent thereof, 

and the members of the County Board of Education of Lincoln County, Mississippi, 

defendants-appellees in the above styled and numbered cause, and respectfully 

respond to the order rendered in said cause on March 30, 1970, by the United 

States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, by reporting that as of 

November 16, 1970, the following facts with reference to said school district 

are correct: 

I. 

(a) There are 2,431 students enrolled in the Lincoln County School 

District, of whom 1,538 are white and 893 are black. 

(b) The number of students enrolled by race in each school of 

the Lincoln County School District is as follows: 

  
  

  Attendance Center White students Black students Total 

(1) Bogue Chitto L14 235 649 

(2) Enterprise 273 117 390 

(3) Eva Harris 283 197 480 

(4) Loyd Star 339 218 557 

(5) West Lincoln 229 126 355 

(c) 

of the five schools of the Lincoln County School District is as follows: 

The number of students by race enrolled in each classroom in 

each 

(1) Bogue Chitto Attendance Center 
  

Grade White Black 

Grade 1, Section A 19 15 
Grade 1, Section B 21 3 

Grade 2, Section A 16 12 
Grade 2, Section B 1 14 

 



  

        

         

    

  

        

  

      

  

     
    

     

    

    

  

      

  

      

      

    

        

    

    

    

    

      

    

    

      
    

     

      

     

             
   

          

    

  

    

    

        

  

   

    

             
            

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