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 October 31, 2025. Copied! 
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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 
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