Brown v. General Services Administration Brief for Petitioner

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January 1, 1975

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  • Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Report on Wilkinson County Case, 1974. a6fa5812-d167-f011-bec2-7c1e52467ee8. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/090d8d9c-14f2-4d8e-8881-757424632033/report-on-wilkinson-county-case. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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There are 2210 students enrolled in the schools of Wilkinson County. 

Of this number 2162 are Negro; forty-eight (48) are White. 

School White 

William Winans Attendance Center 0 

Finch Attendance Center 3 

Wilkinson County Training School 3 

Vocational Center 42 

Total 48 

* These students (85) are included in the totals for William Winans 

Attendance Center and Wilkinson County Training School. 

William Winans Attendance Center 

Centreville, Mississippi 39631 

Negro 

308 

318 

1536 

35 

2162 

Grade White Negro Total 

7 0 57 57 

8 0 53 53 

9 0 81 81 

10 0 47 47 

11 0 37 37 

12 0 33 23 

Total 0 308 

Finch Attendance Center 

Centreville, Mississippi 39631 

Total 3 318 

308 

Grade White Negro Total 

is 1 42 43 

2 0 58 58 

B 0 48 48 

4 2 54 56 

5 0 6l 6l 

6 0 55 55 

32%



  

  

Zs. 

Wilkinson County Training School 

Woodville, Mississippi 39669 

Grade White Negro Total 

Spec. Ed. 0 19 19 

1 0 108 108 

2 0 93 03 

3 1 119 120 

4 0 128 128 

5 0 126 126 

6 x 135 136 

7 0 169 16% 

8 Q 151 151, 

9 ] 1690 170 

10 0 118 113 

Xi 0 118 118 

32 0 83 83. 

Total 3 1536 1539 

Vocational Center 

Woodville, Mississippi 39669 

Grade White Negro Total 

Industrial Electricity 6 5 11 

Business & Office Educ. 1 21 22 

Metal Trades 12 3 15 

Body & Fender Repair 0 33 33 

Building Trades 4 4 8 

Auto Mechanics 15 17 32 

Industrial Drafting 4 2 6 
  

Total 42 85 127 

 



  

Tr. 

(a) There are 122 full time teachers in the schools of Wilkinson County. 

White Negro Total 

9 113 122 

(6) School White Negro Total 

William Winans A.C. 0 15 15 

Finch Attendance Center 0 is 1S 

Wilkingon Co. Trg. School 0 78 78 

Vocational Center 9 1 10 

Total 9 113 122 

(c) We do not have any part time teachers employed this year. 

(d) No part time teachers are employed this school year. 

Xiy. 

No requests have been made under the majority to minority transfer provision 

of the Order of November 7, 1969. 

1v. 

No inter-district transfers have been requested or granted. 

The three White students who attend Wilkinson County Training School are 

transported daily on the same bus as the Negro students who reside on the 

same road. 

The three White students who attend Finch Attendance Center walk to school as 

they reside too close to the school to be entitled to transportation at public 

expense. The forty-two White students who attend the Vocational Center are not 

entitled to public Transportation, either. 

 



  

VT, 

All facilities in the schools which both White and Negro attend are being 

operated on a desegregated basis. 

Vit. 

No construction or expansion of facilities is planned. 

viliy, 

The Wilkinson County Board of Education has not sold or abandoned any school 

facility, equipment or. gupplies since the Court Order of November 7, 1969. 

The Woodville Attendance Center was closed by Order dated August 5, 1970, 

modifying Order of November 7, 18692. . The buildings comprising sald school are 

being maintained for further use in the event of the return of the students who 

lave abandoned the public school system. 

IX. 

There is not a bi-racial committee to the school board. Two members of the 

five member school board are Negro.

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