Correspondence from Pamela Karlan to James U. Blacksher, Esq. Re Dillard v. Crenshaw County
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August 21, 1987

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Press Releases, Volume 1. Breakthrough in Miss. School Bigotry Scored, 1964. 5184bdcd-b492-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/56961bd5-067b-416a-920f-d6973218f01f/breakthrough-in-miss-school-bigotry-scored. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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(W°PRESS RELEASE oe NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND TOCOLUMBUS CIRCLE * NEWYORK19,N.Y. © JUdson 6-83 97 DR. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS JACK GREENBERG CONSTANCE BAKER%, President © Director-Counsel Associate Counsel a, SCHOOL BIGOTRY SCORED : BREAKTHROUGH IN MISS. 3 NAACP Legal Defense Attorneys Move Forward March 6, 1964 SS.--Another crack in Mississippi's wall of segregation was * oxeeer® this week when three school boards were told to sub- mit school integration plans by July 15th, sneys of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund won a preliminary in- rom U.S, District Court Judge Sidney C. Mize, affecting hools in Jackson, Biloxi and Leake County, Mississippi. “Mize decreed that their integration plans must includet ¢ 5 Ne grade integration a year. Legal Defense Fund att us able to score a major step toward integration he BS Bell of New York City, Legal Defense Fund assis e! wi is arguing the case, said that 63 Negro childre red. = (mong then are Darrell Kenyatta and Reene Denise Evers, childrer ain NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers. r. Bell is being assisted by Legal Defense Fund cooper eys R. Jess Brown and Jack Young, both of Jackson, Mi