Letter from Lani Guinier to Angus MacKenzie RE complaints challenging discriminatory registration barriers and congressional testimony

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September 27, 1984

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  • Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. A Desegregation Plan for the Neshoba County School System, 1969. 77d9c05b-cf67-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/27f83a77-df2f-46f8-bb3c-cdac9a9fd1bd/a-desegregation-plan-for-the-neshoba-county-school-system. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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