Neg. in Holmes County, Miss. File Suit Against Mississippi State Education Finance Commission (Telegram)
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February 21, 1966

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Press Releases, Volume 3. Neg. in Holmes County, Miss. File Suit Against Mississippi State Education Finance Commission (Telegram), 1966. 6fb930c6-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/4900956b-fc9e-4130-b1ab-063fa5b0234b/neg-in-holmes-county-miss-file-suit-against-mississippi-state-education-finance-commission-telegram. Accessed May 15, 2025.
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DOMESTIC SERVICE INTERNATIONAL SERVICE NY AA NicHT verter TELEGRAM 4 1206 (4-55) Check the class ofservicedesired;, $ Check the class of servicedesited: otherwise this message will be otherwise the message will be sent as a fast telegrara S$ : aan Ss sent at the full rate FULL RATE | WOR, MARSHALL, ragsiosnr Ve pabesceor svc | po on Cou, | CASH NO. Seas TpHARGETS THE ACCOUNT OF > =( eee We Paid Circle, Suite 2030 he following message, subject co che terms an back hereof, which aye See attached list) ’ Negro children and parents in Holmes County, Mississippi w: this afternoon, February 21st at 3 PM in the U.S. Distric Southern District of Mississippi in Jackson against member Mississippi State Education Finance Commission. Attorneys, Legal Defense and Educational Fund charge the Holmes County: school officials with "attempting to frustrate the court's di order and attempting to use state funds to.s rt segregat: The suit attacks three "private" schools, which were set up *white citizens, when the Federal court called for integration 4 Chief Legal Defense Fund counsel in this suit is Melvyn Ze be reached at AREA CODE 601, 355-3874. oy DEVORE, JR., DIRECTOR _INEO! nae. NAACP LEGAL 1 se Seetageee Cie b ey FUND, INC. Hare oi wus Circles Suite 2030 os om N.Y. 212, JUdson 6-8397