Breakthrough in Miss. School Bigotry Scored
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March 6, 1964
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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
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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
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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