Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Derrick Bell (Dean, University of Oregon School of Law)
Correspondence
October 30, 1985
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Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Report on the Wilkinson County School District, 1973. 9a3dfdc4-d267-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/442711e2-d82e-4bf7-ab5b-9ad6f363269b/report-on-the-wilkinson-county-school-district. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES. OF AMERICA,
Appellants,
WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Appellee.
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REPORT
Comes now the Board of Education of Wilkinson County, Miss-
issippi, and, in accord with the Order of this Honorable
respectfully submits herewith its report.
Nos. 28030
Respectfully submitted,
WILKINSON (COUNTY BOARD
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(a) There are 2356 students enrolled in t schools
Of this number 2304 are Negro; fifty-two (52) a
(b) School
william Winans Attendance Center
Finch Attendance Center
Training School Wilkinson County
Vocational Center
* These students (79) are included
Attendance
(c) william Winans Attendance Cent
Centreville, Mississippi :
Grade White
10 0
Total 0
Finch Attendance Center
Centreville, Mississippi 39631
Grade White
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6 0
Total 2
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for William Winans
Center and Wilkinson County Training School.
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Wilkinson County
Woodville, Missis
Grade White Negro Total
Spec. Ed. 0 25 25
i O 98 98
6 0 161 161
7 0 145 145
12 wi 20 4.96 7906
Total 3 1,646 1,649
Vocational Center
Woodville, Mississippi 39669
Grade White Negro Total
Industrial Electricity 12 1 13
Business & Office Education 2 17 19
Metal Trades 13 3 16
Agricultural Production 0 3 3
Farm Equipment Mechanics 2 27 29
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Building Trades
Auto Mechanics 11 17 28
Industrial Drafting 4 » > 7
Total a7 79 126
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(a) There are 140 full time teachers in the schools of Wilkinson County.
White Negro Total
9 131 140
(b) School . White Negro Total
William Winans A.C. 0 16 16
Finch Attendance Center 0 22 22
Wilkinson Co. Trg. School 0 ol 91
Vocational Center aD Re a ANE
Total 9 131 140
(c) We do not have any part time teachers employed this year.
(d) No part time teachers are employed this school year.
I1XI.
No requests have been made under the majority to minority transfer provision
of the Order of November 7, 1969.
IV.
No inter-~district transfers have been requested or granted.
The three White students who attend Wilkinson County Training School are
transported daily on the same bus as the Negro students who reside on the
same road.
The two White students who attend Finch Attendance Center walk to school as
they reside too close to the school to be entitled to transportation at public
expense. The forty-seven White students who attend the Vocational Center are
not entitled to public transportation, either.
All facilities in the schools which both White and Negro attend are being
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NO construction ox exXpans 10Nn OI“ trtaclllitlies 18 planned.
VITIT.
The Wilkinson County Board of Education has not sold or abandoned any school
facility, equipment or supplies since the Court Order of November 7, 1969.
The Woodville Attendance Center was closed by Order dated August 5, 1970,
modifying Order of November 7, 1969. The buildings comprising said school are
being maintained for further use in the event of the return of the students
who have abandoned the public school system.
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There is not a bi-racial committee to the school board. Two members of the
five member school board are Negro.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I, Richard T. Watson, hereby certify that I have served copies
of the foregoing Report by U. S. Mail, Postage Prepaid, to the
following Attorneys at the addresses indicated:
Honorable Edward S. Christenbury
Attorney, Department of Justice
washington, D. C. 20530
Honorable Robert Hauberg
United States Attorney
Southern District of Mississippi
Federal Building ;
Jackson, Mississippi
Honorable Daniel F. Rinzel
Attorney, Education Section
Department of Justice
washington, D. C. 20530
Honorable Melvyn R. Leventhal
538 1/2 North Farish Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
Honorable Jack Greenberg
10 columbus Circle, Suite 2030
New York, New York 10019
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Richard T. Watson
Attorney
wilkinson County Board of Education
Woodville, Mississippi
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