Partial Motley Text on Luncheon for Negro Women
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July 22, 1964

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Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Consent Order for Marion County School District, 1973. 93d6f44f-d167-f011-bec2-7c1e52467ee8. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e635b776-957a-4fcb-9bf1-1a1c3a82eaa1/consent-order-for-marion-county-school-district. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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+9, States Court of Appeuls FIFTH CIRCUIT EDWARD W. WADSWORTH OFFICE OF THE CLERK 600 CAMP STREET CLERK NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70130 August 15, 1973 Mr. Robert C., Thomas, Clerk U.S. District Court P, O,. Box 7869 Jackson, Miss. 39205 U.S.A. v. Hinds County, et al CA 3778, et al and CA 4075, et al) Dear Mr. Thomas: Enclosed is a certified copy of an order entered by the court in the Marion County School case. Very truly yours, EDWARD W, WADSWORTH, Clerk By i itn ed Deputy Clerk /sbl cc and enclosure to: Hon, Dan M. Russell, Jr. (P.O. Box 1930, Gulfpart, Miss.39501) Mr, Jack Greenberg (10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030, N.Y., N.Y. 10019) Mr, David L. Norman (Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., U.S, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D.C. 20050) Mr. Melvyn Leventhal (538% North Farish St., Jackson, Miss. 39202) Mr. Richard D., Foxworth ( 216 Newsom Bldg., Columbia, Miss, 39429) [ 4 ar C3 S 2 2» IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS o% oh SHA ng = FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT EX => in % 7 2 fo UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, VS. NO.. 28030 and 28042 HINDS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL, Defendant, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, NO. 2178 (H) VS. MARION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant. CONSENT ' ORDER BY AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES, through counsel, the Court finds that the parties have agreed to a modification of the school desegration plan for Marion County previously ordered by the Court on August 27, 1970, and the Court is of the opinion that the agreed to modifications satisfy the ends of justice in this case, and will not adversely affect public school desegration. The Court further finds that all modifications agreed to by the parties should be approved. IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY ordered that the desegration plan of the Marion County School District of August 27, 1970, be modified in the following respects: 1. The Marion County School District shall be permitted to close the Bunker Hill Attendance Center and the Hub Attendance Center. The Students assigned to attend the Hub Elementary School will be transferred to the Marion County High School. The students attending the Bunker Hill Attendance Center, grades 1-6, shall be transferred to the Improve Attendance Center and the students of Bunker Hill Elementary School, grades 7-8, shall be transferred to the Marion County High School. 2. The Marion County School District shall be permitted to operate the Improve Attendance Center as a school for grades 1-6, for all students previously attending the Improve and Bunker Hill Schools, and the students in grades 7-8 ‘previously assigned to the Improve Attendance Center shall be transferred to the Marion County High School. 3. Pursuant to the previous orders of the Court, and the modifications herein authorized, the Marion County School District, from and after the date hereof, shall be authorized to operate the following Attendance Centers for the areas and grades shown: (a) West Marion: Attendance Center - To serve as a school for all students in grades 1-12, living in that portion of the Marion County School District lying West of the Pearl River. (b) Improve Attendance Center - To serve as a school for all students in grades 1-6, living in that portion of the Marion County School District lying East of Pearl River and North of U. S. Highway No. 98. (c) Marion County High School - To serve as a school for all students in grades 7-12, living in that poLELen of the Marion County School District lying East of Pearl River, and, in addition, to serve as a school for all students in grades 1-6, living in that portion of the Marion County School District lying East of Pearl River and South of U. S. Highway No. 98. F 4 All other provisions of the plan ordered on August 27, 1970, shall remain in full force and effect unless specifically modified herein. K I BR SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED on this the ° 15 day of August, A. D., 1973. pa ta Nopen fda) Vi 4 7) rin) A) Wipe UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIPTH CIRCUIT AGREED AND CONSENTED TO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > She A MARION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT By [Mfekf AY AV (r— Win Ltr { Melvyn? R. Leventhal Counsel for Amicus Curiae