Affidavit of J.R. Cameron

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Topic
- Educational Equity
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
Organizations
Matter
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Case
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- aaee885c-3234-f111-88b4-7c1e527f53b4

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Case Files, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Working Files. Affidavit of J.R. Cameron, 1970. aaee885c-3234-f111-88b4-7c1e527f53b4. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0ce91aab-403f-467e-a13e-d61342d6d7c7/affidavit-of-jr-cameron. Accessed June 02, 2026.

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     [||a1b3da09-6bc1-419c-b216-7c09c5d6e4c9||] “JAMES E. SWANS. et 

en 

|: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SN | FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 

 CHARL OTTE DIVISION 

  

) 

. Plaintiffs ) 

| vs. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 1974 

 CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG BOARD ) 
11 OF EDUCATION, etal ) 

Defendants. ) 

© AFFIDAVIT 

  

=o! JR, CAMERON 

> ig. R. Cameron being duly sworn deposes and says: 

: That os is Disocide of Pa chosing for The Charlotte 

a Mecklenburg Board of Education and as such has ihe 

2 responsibility for the movement of furniture, liprary 

: books, ‘supplementary books and ora in connection 

or : with the desegregation plan ordered by The United States 

: District C Court for The Western District of North Carolina. 

© With aR to the paired schools alone; it is estimated 

ar that approximately ten thousand desks, auxiliary equip- 

£7 . ment, : and other furnishings will have to be exchanged 

among approximately 330 classrooms so as to provide 

Ta 2 the proper sized chair for the students in attendance 

i in the particular classes. | This will involve a 

gs substantial SXPendtinre of ime and funds on the part 

of The Mecklenburg Board of Education, the precise 

vr h cost of which cannot be estimated at this time. 

  
 



    

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y We 3 ; “The transfer of books will approximate a total of 

Ta 250, 000 volumes comprised of library, supplementary 

ir and te textbooks for the 10, 000 students to be exchanged 

23 Zin the paired schools. This exchange will involve an 

5 ol > enormous EEE of oe keeping to eters | 

Er i proper credits ip chargeoiuts for the books removed 

= 5) ! from and taken to the various schools. 

a “4, Ti 2 In addition there will be other elementary schools, 

@ junior and senior high Ftold in which a substantial 

©. quantity of desks, books ri other equipment will 
| 5 require at, the precise Eh rh ints 

U8 cannot be determined at this time nor the expense 3 

i i i thereof. 

This the 13th say of August, 1 70. 

  

  

J J. R. Cameron ; 

Sworn and: subscribed to before : : 5 

im this 13th day of i 1970. 

  
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Affidavit of J.R. Cameron

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