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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 

10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 1GC 19 « JUdson 6-8397 

March 3, 1975 

Ms. Katherine H. Butts 
Clerk 

United States District Court 

for the Northern District of 

Mississippi 
Western Division 

Oxford, Mississippi 38655 

Re: Norwood v. Harrison 

No. WC 70-53-=K 
  

Dear Ms. Butts: 

Enclosed please find for filing the 

Stipulation relating to the Presbyterian 

Day School of Cleveland. 

Sincerely, 

Melvyn R. Leventhal 

cc. Honorable William C. Keady 
L.Ellis Griffith, Esq. 
[with enclosure] 

Contributions are deductible for U. S. income tax purposes  



IN z UNITED STATES DISTRICT o FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 

  

WESTERN DIVISION 

DELORES NORWOOD, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

VS. NO. WC 70-53-K 

D.L. HARRISON, eft al., 

Defendants. 

STIPULATION 
  

Presbyterian Day School of Cleveland, Mississippi, and 

Plaintiffs to this Action, stipulate as follows: 

l. At the end of the current school year - May, 1975- 

the Presbyterian Day School of Cleveland will return to the 

Mississippi Textbook Purchasing Board, or its designated agent(s), 

all state owned textbooks presently held by the school or en- 

trusted to the students enrolled therein as determined by the 

defendants' current inventory list. 

2. In view of the foregoing decision to surrender textbooks, 

the Presbyterian Day School has not determined at this time 

whether or not it will for the 1975-76 school year engage in an: 

active and vigorous recruitment program to secure 
black students or teachers, including student drants- 
in-aid, . . . continued meaningful public advertise~- 
ment stressing the school's open admissions policy . . . 
[or communicate] to black groups and leaders within 

. the community . . . the school's nondiscriminatory 

practice . . . 

Norwood v. Harrison, 382 F.Supp. 921, 926 (N.D. Miss. 1974) 
  

No decision has been made by the school on whether it will 

engage in the above stated practices for school years subsequent to 

1975-76. However, during the 1974-75 school year, the only action 

taken by the school, in response to the above cited Norwood opinion, 

was the submission to the local newspaper of Cleveland, Mississippi 

a Notice of Non-Discriminatory Admissions Policy, which notice was 

never printed; in the opinion of the school, the Court's July, 1974 

Norwood opinion-order came too late for any effective recruitment 

of teachers or pupils for the 1974-75 school year. 

 



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3. The Presbyterian Dav School of Cleveland agrees that 

henceforth it will not be eligible for state owned textbooks 

except upon the approval of the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of Mississippi. 

4. In view of the foregoing stipulation the parties 

jointly suggest that there is no present need for an evi- 

dentiary hearing on the question of the Presbyterian Day 

School's eligibility for state textbooks. 

Entered ‘in this 25th day of February, 1975. 

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Sli R. LEVENTHAL 
FRED\L. BANKS, JR. 
538 1/2 North Farish Street 
Jackson, Mississippi 39202 

  

Attorneys for Plaintiffs. 

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P20, Box 15% 
Cleveland, Mississippi 38732 

  

Attorney for Presbyterian Day 
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IN THR UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

  

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISS1ISSiPPI 

WESTERN DIVISION 

  

DELORES NORWOOD, et al., (x
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Plaintiffs, 

vs. 3 NO. WC 70-53-K 

D.L. BARRISON, et al., : 

Defendants. 

  

ORDER 

Upon the Stipulation entered into by the Presbyterian 

Day School of Cleveland and plaintiffs to this action, it 1is 

hereby ORDERED: 

l. Presbyterian Day School shall return to the Mississippi 

Textbook Purchasing Board, or its designated agent(s), all 

textbooks presently held by the school or entrusted to the 

students enrolled therein as determined by defendants' current 

I! inventory list. 

2. Plaintiffs' objections to textbook aid for the 

Presbyterian Day School of Cleveland are hereby dismissed, 

without prejudice in the event the said school again applies 

to the Mississippi State Textbook Board for textbook assistance. 

3. Any future application for textbook assistance made 

by the subject school to the Mississippi Textbook Board shall 

not result in the distribution of textbooks to the school without 

prior .approval of the Court. Norwood v. Harrison, 382 F.Supp. 
  

921, 935 (N.D. Miss, 1974). 

 



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ORDERED this day of , 3975, 

  

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

AGREED TO IN FORM 

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MELVYN R. LEVENTHAL | 

FRED LIL. BANKS, Jr. 

538% North Farish Street 

Jackson, Mississippi 39202 

  

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L. ELLIS GRIFFITH 
P.O. Box 159 

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