Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Orders End of Discrimination in Shaw, Miss.

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January 29, 1971

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Orders End of Discrimination in Shaw, Miss., 1971. 01a1935e-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/72300069-9137-4d13-bc1a-721975023951/fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-orders-end-of-discrimination-in-shaw-miss. Accessed November 04, 2025.

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JANUARY 29, 1971 

New York, N.Y.--Shaw, Mississippi, a sleepy bayou town of 2500 

inhabitants, has been ordered to stop discriminating against its 

black citizenry ovision of municipal services such as 

fire protection. 

The court order, the first of its kind, was handed down 

yesterday (28th) by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 

According to the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 

which raised and argued the case, the decision “could help insert 

a wedge against almost universal practice in U.S. cities and 

towns of short-changing black residents in services paid for out 

of tax money." 

LDF attorney Jor 

took on this case not 

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town, where it is néa: civ 2Ossible house that 

fronts on an unpaved street, or a black one that looks out on 

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ruction of seven black homes, and one death, 

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community had 

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. | 10 Columbus Circle [ NeW York; N.Y>10019 | (212) 586-8397 
William T. Coleman, Jr. - President Jack Greenberg - Director-Counsel 

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