Depositions Offered and Received into Evidence as Plaintiffs' Exhibit Number One; Oral Argument Exhibits One through Four
Public Court Documents
18 pages
Cite this item
-
Case Files, Norwood v. Harrison - Hardbacks. Depositions Offered and Received into Evidence as Plaintiffs' Exhibit Number One; Oral Argument Exhibits One through Four, a1b8d844-722e-f111-88b4-7c1e527f53b4. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/8bb5d9cc-27af-4389-9aa6-8e1a7a369969/depositions-offered-and-received-into-evidence-as-plaintiffs-exhibit-number-one-oral-argument-exhibits-one-through-four. Accessed July 18, 2026.
Copied!
[||1535a574-2988-4504-bd23-8c166a6f8a2a||] IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF. MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN DIVISION
DELORES NORWOOD, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
Vv. : CIVIL ACTION
D. L. HARRISON, SR., et al., NO. WC70-53-K
Defendants.
DEPOSITIONS OFFERED
AND RECEIVED INTO EVIDENCE
AS PLAINTIFFS' EXHIBIT NUMBER ONE
I. Depositions Taken in Connection With Coffey I
Date of
Name of School Deposition Deponent
1. J. A. Beeson 6-2-66 J. A. Beeson, et al.
Academy
(Forrest County
School Foundation)
~~ 2. Canton Academy 6-23-66 Charles Arlen Partridge,
et al.
3. Central Holmes 7-25-66 Mrs. Eloise Alderman,
Academy et al.
4. Council Schools 7-27-66 . Medford Evans, et al.
5. . Citizens Council 11-24-69 William J. Simmons
6. Cruger-Tchula 6-21-66 Frank ¥W. Gwin, Jr.,
Academy et al.
7. Deer Creek Educational 6-14-66 Robert N. Aldridge,
Institute, Inc. et al.
8. East Holmes Academy 6-22-66 Louis Allen Clements,
; Sr., ebtial.,
Name of School
9.
10.
11.
12,
13,
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
: 19.
20.
21.
22.
Harrison County
Private School
Foundation
(Little Red
Schoolhouse)
Heritage Academy
(Columbus Educational
Foundation, Inc.)
Indianola Academy
Jackson Academy
Jefferson Davis.
Academy
Leflore County
School for
Handicapped
Children
Lamar School
Foundation
Pas-Point Private
Schools, Inc.
(since - Live Oak
Academy)
Quitman County
Educational
Foundation
(County Day School)
Lula Rich Academy
(Lula Rich.
Educational
Foundation)
North Delta School,
Inc.
Sharkey-Issaquena
Academy Foundation,
Inc.
Shaw Educational
Foundation
(Bayou Academy)
Southside Academy
Southwest Missis-
sippi Christian
Academy
Southwest Academy
ow: Tunica Institute
of Learning
. Vicksburg Academy
(Citizens Educational
Foundation)
Date of
Deposition
6-27-66
7-85-66
6-16-66
6-30-66
7-6-66
7-12-66
7-77-66
6-1-66
6-13-66
6~-9~66
6-10-65
5-15-66.
7-13-66
Deponents
Thomas W. Hinckle,
et al.
Raymond M. Waters,
Jre.y ef al.
William C. Hamilton,
et al,
Troy S. Ozler, et al.
M. M. Lockhard, Jr...
et al.
Mrs. Robert Morton, et al.
Benny D. Watts, et al.
Theodore D. Prevost
Luther W. Tanner
Mrs. Charlotte Townsend
Owen, et al.
Donald T. McKnight,
et al.
William Dougherty,
et al. :
W. B. Holloway, et al.
Mrs. Barbara B.
Creekmore, et al.
Mrs. Jean Alexander
Scaife, ef al.
Harry L. Marsalis
Harold A. Thompson
John W. Laughlin
Mrs. Loretta Turner,
et al.
Oscar E. LaBarre, et al."
11. Depositions Taken in Connection With Coffey II
Name of School
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32,
33.
34.
i354
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41,
42.
43,
44,
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
Catholic Schools
Natchez-Jackson
Diocese
State Department
of Education
(Information Officer)
Amite County School
Corporation
Beeson Academy
Benton Academy
Bentonia Academy
Byhalia Baptist Academy
Canton Municipal School
District
Canton Academy
Citizens Elementary
School
Columbia Academy
Claiborne Educational
Foundation
Central Holmes Academy
Clarke Academy
Clarke Academy
Cruger-Tchula Academy
Deer Creek Academy
East Holmes Academy
Pranklin County Public
‘Schools
Franklin Christian
Academy
Holly Springs Municipal
Separate School District
Humphreys Academy
Indianola Separate
School District
Indianola Academy
Date of
Deposition Deponents
3-29-70
2-3-70
James D. Gilbert.
John O. Ethridge
James Arthur Nowell
David C. White
Dewitt A. Dixon
John E. Manor
William Dewitt Mosely
Lamar Fortenberry
Lawrence W. Owens
Vivian M. Hood
Thomas H. Blakeney
Diana Douglas Tanksley
James Franklin Hughes
Alton Roger Zachary
Alton Roger Zachary
Earl W. Edwards
Bernice Lowe
Joseph Emmett Logan
Carl Franklin Drake
W. E. Boggan
Franklin Haire
Holace Morris
A. E. McGahey
D. B. Floyd
Glenn A. Cain
Name of School
5%,
52,
53.
54.
. 55,
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
63,
66.
67.
11%,
68.
69.
70.
71,
72.
73.
74.
Jeff Davis Academy
Lamar School Foundation
Leake County Academy
Marshal Academy
Mt. Pleasant Christian
Academy
Mt. Vernon Christian
School
Pines Academy
Pathway Academy
Pine Hills Academy
Rebel Academy
Sharkey-Issaquena Academy
Tunica Baptist Church
Tunica Methodist Church
Tunica Presbyterian Church
Tunica Church Schools
Tunica Institute
Tunica County Public
Schools
Why-Not Academy
Wilkinson County School
District
Date of
Deposition
1-14-70
1-14-70
1-23-70
2-18-70
2-18-70
1-14-70
1-13-70
1-23-70
1-21-70
1-22-70
1-19-70
3-6-70
3-670
2-13-70
2-18-70
1-14-70
2-16-70
Deponents
James D. Stoddard
Billye G. Dendy
Joe Sheppard
Donald Hopper
John E. Collier
Rev. Melvin R. Porter
Preston M.: Cochran
Mrs. Mava Taylor
Harry Eugene Horne
Henry A. Trotter
Arthur Choate
Jimmy H. Isbell
Billy E. Daniels
Delbert Ronald
Coggins
George F. Pettey
M. E. Rhodes
Bernard Waites
Depositions Taken in Connection With Norwood v. Harrison
Greenwood Private
Junior High School
State Textbook Board
Department of Health,
Education & Welfare
Calhoun Educational
Foundation (Calhoun
Academy)
Carroll Academy
Chickasaw Academy
Clarksdale Baptist
Church School
5771
12-21-70
3-29-71
4-21-71
Robert Leon Holly
Marshall Allen
Snowden
Lloyd R. Henderson,
Ph.D.
Janette Mayhan
Bernard Taylor
Howard C. Bowles
LaVenna Tucker Wright
73,
76.
17,
78.
79.
80.
81,
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
02.
93.
94,
05.
96.
07.
08.
Date of
Name of School Deposition
East Tallahatchie 6-7-71
Educational Associa-
tion (Paynes Academy)
Pirst Baptist 4-23-71
Parochial School
First United Methodist 6-3-71
Church School
French Camp Academy 6-8-71
Greenville Christian 4-22-71
School
Grenada Lake Academy 4-21-71
Happy Day School b=3-71
Hillcrest Academy 4-26-71
Kirk Academy 4-21-71
(Grenada Educational
Foundation)
Lee Academy 6-3-71
Leland Academy 4-27-71
Lula Rich Academy 6-3~-71
M & L Academy 6-1-71
Magnolia Heights School 4-26-71
Montgomery-Carroll Academy 6-8-71
‘North Central Mississippi
Schools (Enid Academy) 4-23-71
North Mississippi 6-7-71
Academy
North Sunflower Academy 6-9-71
Northwest Academy 4-26-71
Pillow Academy 6-7-71
Presbyterian Day School fe32~71
Presbyterian Day School 6-4~71
St. George Episcopal 6-3-71
Day School :
Shaw Educational 4-22-71
Foundation (Duncan
Academy; Bayou Academy)
Southhaven Academy 4-22-71 99.
(Highway Baptist
Parochial Academy)
Deponents
Mrs. Ivy Weems
H. D., Graham
Mrs. Betty Cantwell
Mrs. Wanda Walters
Sam Allen
Doug Herring
William C. Jaudon, Jr.
Katherine S. Wilson
Norman McKenzie, Jr.
A. R. Smithers
Gene L. Barbour
Thomas Spight
Mrs. Rebecca H. Walton
Michael R. Garrett
Jamie W. Howell
M. 1. Branch
Frank Alvin Weeks
Phoebe Stewart
Joe Thomas
Harvey S. Jackson
Seth 0. Dillon
Elizabeth P. Dean
Norman E. Harper,
Ph.D.
Mrs. Helen Bounds
John Shearer
A. 'L.. Minor
Name of School
100.
101.
102.
103.
104.
Starkville Academy
We Care Academy
West Panola Schools
West Tallahatchie
“Academy
Winston Academy
Date of
Deposition
B87)
6<1=71
4-23-71
627-71
6-8~71
Deponents
Don Johnson
Anne Windham
Charles Tohill.
Lamar Leggett
Matthew G. Turner
DELORES NORWOOD, et. al. vs. D.L. HARRISON
Civil Action No. WC 70-53 K ORAL ARGUMENT =-- EXHIBIT FOUR
KEY TO CHART
- Academy began in or used at some time abandoned or former public school building.
- School began in or used at some time church facilities not originally designed for full-time school.
Academy began in or used at some time private residence or other formerly non-school facility.
- Academy began in new facilities constructed and designed for full-time school.
wn
in
Ww
No
re
i
- Academy opened for first time, added grades and/or had a significant increase in enrollment on date
corresponding to a key public school integration date.
6 - Academy's beginning grades and/or grades added correspond in whole or part to grades being
desegregated in the public schools at the same time.
/ = Academy is in county which had two or more academies begin at same time.
8 = Academy began September, 1969 in public school district with 1969-70 final integration plan.
9 - Academy began January or February, 1970 in public school district with 1969-70 final integration plan.
10 - Academy began September, 1970 in public school district with 1970-71 final integration plan.
11 - Academy was not accredited by State when it received textbooks.
12 - Students brought some or all books with them when tramsferring from public school.
13 - Academy covered by Coffey Appendix ‘A or Appendix B or by both Appendix A and Appendix B.
14 - Academy refused to give IRS assurance of its adoption of a racially non-discriminatory admissions
policy and as a result had its tax exempt status revoked or its application for such status denied.
15 - Academy in public school district of Alexander v. Holmes.
NAME OF ACADEMY lo. 2 4 5 | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
x
1. Adams County Christian =z 2: : it he A oy ; 1 =z - A fe Ro
2. Adams County Private 1 { gi i i : ie ar 2, ; phen la 2 : he 1 - X A; i X Sn
3 Amite School Corporation i a 4 vs en Xe ; a : Ys Hes oe Re 2 honiriin commis
4. Bearss Academy he i ? X - X x : : 2 ? av un : hd arte
5. Benton Academy 4 A X: X X Le
6. Bentonia Academy X A 5 X X X id
Se Beostaranstetonrns 14.2 LLL LIL Id 1 The 7 aa
9. Calhoun Academy X A X X
10. Canton Academy | X X hd X y X
® Carroll Aceden 3 X | % Y, X
12. Central Academy 7 2 Co X Y. 7 7 ¥
13. Central Delta Academy 7 7? 4 X K* X X me EK od ol ies
14. Central Holmes X X %$ X X X
15. Centreville Academy 1 “ 7 gl 3, x ¥ X X X 3 p a
16. Chamberlain-Hunt y 7 ? 7 2 2
17. Chickasaw Academy XxX % 4 a : =
18. Children Academy (The) gd 7? ? pS NE X 2 2
NAME OF ACADEMY
¥ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. 10: 11 12 13 14 15
19. Orpisy Episcopal Day ? 7 ? { Y. X 7 ?
= 90, Citizen's School A ¥ X
9... Claiborne Educational 7 A 9 ” 7 A A
Foundation : : b 3 X X ‘ xX X ;
22. Clarke Academy 2 7 ? X X X 7 7 X
23. Clarksdale Baptist X xX Y. X
24. College Hill Academy ¥. X y X ’
25. Columbia Academy X | | ¥ X id X Sa
26. Copiah Academy 1 2 q 7? | X X
27 hool : X X A : X j ay O0VE S : oi ji 7 covingten schoo [7 [7 | 7 | | x | x WBE ERY
Qs. Cruger-Tchula Academy b? | 7 | 7 7 ae od - X pr A i - +X h KX wo
29. Deer Creek Academy Y X XK x1 X 0. SRE, © 4
30. East Holmes Academy ¥ X ¥% 2X) 253 : X X Es
31. East Lowndes Academy 2 [ ? xX Xr X 1 7
32. East Rankin Academy fm i 1 ¥ X 2 OQ 7 ? 7
33. Enid Academy 7 | [ ? X Xx pA X 7 ? 1 :
34. First Baptist Parochial A ¥ x2 X X : X X i
35. First United Methodist X X 7 X
47. Humphreys Academy 4. T ? ? # ?
48. Indianola Academy X Y* X X X
49. J. A. Beeson Academy x
50. Jackson Academy
~)
S<
Dx
[>
[>
<
5%; Jefferson Davis Academy
52. Jesus Name Faith
NAME OF . ACADEMY 1 2 a 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
36. Flowood Academy ‘| 1 Ki ? X X 7 (X) 7? 7 7
37. Four County Academy 7 2 7 §: X L X /] (X) ? ? ? X
Fuga A ER Ee CE we gsi
39. Gray Academy 2 ? 1 7 M X L 7 X Cl en
40. Greenwood Private School X A X* Y 3 ?
41. Grenada Lake Academy % X vy? X | X ¥
42. Happy Day School > x | X X* X
43. Heidelberg Baptist 7 i 7 X x X . 7 so m—
44, Heritage Academy 1 4 7 7 X Xx ? ? X X Bis
45. Highway Baptist | X Xx | X¥ X X SEL a 4 Ne
9: Hillcrest Academy | XL X CXF X X
: X
J
X
ab
%.
?
or
d
ed
i
A
)
=n
)
53. Kemper Academy
A
n
s
O
K
R
NAME OF ACADEMY wu
on
12
54.
35.
574
58.
59.
60.
Kirk Academy
Lawrence County Academy
Leake Academy
Live Oak Academy
M & L Academy
Madison-Ridgelan
Academy :
Magnolia Heights
Manchester Academy
Marshall Academy
Montgomery-Carroll
Academy
Mt. Pleasant Christian
Academy
Newton County Academy
North Delta Schools, Inc}
North Mississippi
Academy
North Sunflower Academy
Northwest Academy
xX
>A
)
-~
J
x
Xx
> a3
DS
A
RO
-~
N)
we.
P
S
E
N
*
ne
Pre
.
To
k
{0
IX
Pe
be
><
>
R
e
m
T
l
-~
I
S
K
=~
)
oc
I
I
S
I
Ic
[5
x
I
<
I
Be
I
I<
I<
[
D
x
[Sx
Se
{3
IE
I
><
|S
><
NAME OF ACADEMY
-
14
Oak Hill Academy
Parklane Academy
Paynes Academy
Pearl River Academy
Pheba Academy
Pillow Academy
Pine Hills Academy
Pines Academy
Pioneer Academy
Prentiss Christian
School
Presbyterian Day School
(Bolivar County
Presbyterian Day School
(Coahoma County
Quitman County
Educational Foundation
Rankin Academy
St. George's Episcopal
St. John's Day School
DX
|
[o
N
|
E
N
|
«
=
~
J
N
~~
)
~
~
S
E
A
RD
><
[>
p<
De
IX
Ba
D
e
b
[2
x
|,
10 12 13
7
X 7
X
Xz i=
2
Salo X
&
|.
rl 3
Nar
?
[4
7
NAME OF ACADEMY 1 2 3: 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15
86 Sanford Academy 2 g ? ? ? Y X
87. Scott County Christi ‘8 ? X X 7 footfoan y Christian 7 7 ( % X ? ¢
£. Sharkey-I dr Ha x A |X PANEL
£9. ra EL |
F ti B -
aes Diets) X X Xi : 2 ? X -
90. Simpson Academy i 2 ? [4 X yx X ? i 3
91. Southwest Academy 7 1 1 : X X ? ? X X Y
92. Southwest Christi . :
iS el X Eat 2 Xp x 1X
93. Starkville Academy X X X* X . X
po Hi Er hiyssoagn Ty Xej2 1
95. Terry Academy 1 Kd [4 1? ¥ X ? 2 XY
[] ' [ : . F)
96. Tri-County Academy 2 2 2 ? ? 7 X ) 1 XY
97. i a of ~ X ¥ Y X X
98. Union Private School ? ? ? 7 A = X f 3
Walnut Hills School { 7 1 7 X 2 1 X
NAME OF ACADEMY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 12 13 wi 1s
100. Wayne Gonnty 2
E Ei pr A ol a ER Xr)
101. West Marion Academy 4 1 ? ? X YE ¢ § 3 ¢ ? x
' 3 Westminister Academy 1 1 ? i X ¢ ¢
03. 'W P la School, * Hoy anola 5choo X X X X X
104. W 'allahatchi ) KE i og XxX X |X
105. Wilkins C x
sare oe Be BRL pa IR of X X
106. Winston Academy X X X
107. Woodland Hill A
Lol day ¢ ? [4 ¢ X x" 1 ¢ ¢ X
Unnamed Tunica 2 ; hy
iw Church Schools X X ¥ X X X
TOTALS: 9 |26 | # | 4 (102 92% 33 13553128 LI18Y 5 [29 28 132
(62.0)
Lihenever a question mark appears on this chart it indicates that information was unavailable usually because no
deposition was taken of the school involved. :
2x indicates that the school opened at a time when all of its grades, upon opening, were being desegregated in
the public schools. :
3x1 jndicates that the school offers grades 1-12 but is only accredited for grades 1-8.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN DIVISION
DELORES NORWOOD, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
\ CIVIL ACTION
D.'L, HARRISON, '3R., et al., NO. WC70-53-K
Defendants.
f
p
ORAL ARGUMENT - EXHIBIT THREE
SCHOOLS RECEIVING TEXTBOOKS
AND UNDER CHALLENGE IN THIS LAWSUIT
4 : . Number of Schools Average Number
Opening for Total Enrollment of Students
First Time Upon Opening Upon Opening
Prior to 1963-64 a/ -—- -—-
1963-64 b/ | 89 89
© 1964-65 ef ji 2
1965-66 - 16 | 1,308 | 89
ai866.67 | 11 957 | 87
1967-68 4 212 453
1968-69 8 722 90
Sept. 1969 19 2,872" 151
“Feb. 1970 169/ 4, 4b 277
Sept. 1970 28 5.816 207
TOTAL: 108
2/ enonberlain Hunt, St. George's, Jackson Academy.
bse. John's Day School.
c/ —’ Clarksdale Baptist Church and Gospel Lighthouse Christian.
S$ ineludes Tunica Church: School now defunct.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DIVISION
DELORES NORWOOD, et al.,
Ve
P1 aintiffs,
D. L., HARRISON, SR..." et als,
De fendants.
f
h
d
h
W
g
W
y
N
y
N
g
N
g
1063-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
Sept.
Feb.
Sept.
1969
1970
1970
ORAL ARGUMENT =- EXHIBIT TWO
2,362
2,408
3,841
5,452
6,546
9,064
30,939
42,000
STATEWIDE ENROLLMENTS
Private Non-Catholic
Change |} # of Schools
17
gh 21
+1, 433 41
+1, 511 49
+1, 094 58
+2,518 69
| wl
21, 875 124
2/411,061 155
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
CIVIL ACTION
NO. WC70-53-K
Public
570, 000
576,000
583,000
582, 500
582, 500
581, 500
575, 500
550, 500
534, 500
A Si aceniite statistics not available; stipulations show
only that by the end of the 1969-70 school year there were
30,939 students in 124 private academies.
2/ Estimate based on stipulations; the exact figure lies
somewhere between 41,000 and 43,000.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
" FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN DIVISION
DELORES NORWOOD,
ve.
et al.,
Plaintiffs,
D. 1. HARRISON, SR., et al.,
Defendants.
CIVIL ACTION
NO. WC70-53-K
ORAL ARGUMENT - EXHIBIT ONE
STATEWIDE
PRIVATE NON-CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
1963-64
I. Black Schools
1. Central Miss. College
(Baptist; closed at
end of 1965-66 school
year)
CMI College High
(Church of Christ)
St. Marks School of
Jackson, Miss.
(Episcopal; closed
at end of 1965-66
school year)
Saints Academy
(Church of Christ;
Est. 1954)
Piney Woods
(Est. Ca.” 1910) e oo 0 & 0 akin og
tliat essen K.=i12
“FL DA R="12
sina. LORE Ui
tn ou aleieiein » K.=. 32
TOTAL BLACK
122
178
97
305
214
916
11.
White Schools
6. French Camp Academy
(Presbyterian; for
children from broken
or disrupted homes)
(Bub Cal 860) cliidin.. sth 0-12 0 134
7. Chamberlain Hunt Academy
(Presbyferian) this sve srverinns 8. ~.12 202
8. St. George Day School
(Episcopal Est. 1939) .....vue.. K - 3 72
9. Gulf Coast Military Academy
(Serving primarily students ed
residing outside of state)
(Fst. 1912) ov inhsvnrnrnennn void = 8 156
10. Jackson Academy
(BSC.21959) ae. itis LES ar K =. 7 235
11. St. Andrew's Episcopal
Day School (Presently ;
INERT AEA) odie e anit es sncineinnnne sin K:- 6 151
12. Little Red School House
of. Jackson, Miss.
{ for mentally vetarded) .....c.e.s (ungraded) 58
13. YMCA - Part Time :
. (Closed at end of
1965-66 school yaar) ... eevee 8 - 12 32
14. Jackson Christian
(Closed at end of
1964265 school year) .ce.edstnions K - 6 25
153. : St. John's Day School ...vaveverie 1-6 89
16. Bass Memorial ..eoweenis cosas oles Qiw.12 146
17, All. Saints Episcopal
(Nowiintegrated) Fu. ities vain vio 9 « 12 146
TOTAL WHITE: 1,446
GRAND TOTAL (white & black): 2,362 [||1535a574-2988-4504-bd23-8c166a6f8a2a||]