Order to Amend Holmes County Desegregation Plan

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March 18, 1971

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Includes Correspondence from Clerk Sachs to Clerk Thomas.

Impact area
- Education
Topic
- Educational Equity
Matter
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Case
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
U.S. state
- Mississippi
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 75191778-d367-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421

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Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Order to Amend Holmes County Desegregation Plan, 1971. 75191778-d367-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/a705c355-4036-478b-b482-87eb308096a1/order-to-amend-holmes-county-desegregation-plan. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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    United States Court of Appeals 

FIFTH CIRCUIT 

EDWARD W. WADSWORTH OFFICE OF THE CLERK ROOM 408-400 ROYAL ST. 

CLERK NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70130 

March 19, 1971 

Mr. Robert C. Thomas, Clerk 
U. S. District Court 
P., 0, Box 769 

Jackson, Mississippi 39205 

Nos. 28030 & 28042 — U.S.A, vs. Hinds County, 

et al, 
  

Dear Mr, Thomas: 

Enclosed. is a certified copy of orders entered by the 

court in the Holmes County School case and in the Canton 

and Madison County School District cases. 

Very truly yours, 

EDWARD W, WADSWORTH, Clerk 

ay Lure 3 Jacke 
/cfs Deputy Clerk 

enclosures 

  

cc and enclosures to: 
Hon. Dan M. Russell, dr. 
Mr. Jack Greenberg 
Mr. David L. Norman 
Mr. Calvin R. King 
Mr. Joe R, Fancher 
Mr. R. L. Goza 
Mr, Melvyn L. Leventhal  



  

J, 8. COURT OF APPEALS 

  

FILED 
MAR 1 9 19/1 

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS,waun W. Wanswaati 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

BEATRICE ALEXANDER, et al., ) 

Plaintiffs~-Appellants, 

VS. NOS. 28030 
and 28042 

THE HOLMES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, 
et al., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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ORDER 
  

This day this cause coming on for hearing, on joint 

motion of the parties, to amend the Desegregation Plan for 

the Holmes County School District, Appendix 16 to the order 

of the Court herein of November 7, 1969, and the Court having 

fully considered said motion, finds that the same should be, 

and is hereby granted. 

It is therefore, Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that 

Page #3 of Appendix 16 following "PLAN, 1970-71:" under para- 
  

graph #1, be, and the same is hereby amended so that it will 

read in its entirety as follows: 

1. That Lexington Attendance Center and Lexington 
School be zoned to form the Lexington School 
zone. 

A. That the Lexington Attendance Center serve 
grades 5-12 for all students residing in 
the Lexington zone. 

B. That the Lexington School serve grades 1-4 
for all students residing in the Lexington 
zone. 

 



  

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2. That the Ambrose Elementary School, which by 

the terms of this Order has been withdrawn from the plan of 

pupil assignment, shall be retained and maintained by the 

school district and shall not be used by any private school 

formed for the purpose or with the effect of providing white 

students with an alternative to public integrated education. 

ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, this the [3 
  

  

  

  
AGREED: 

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