Desegregation Plan; Resolution of the Holmes County Board of Education

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August 13, 1965

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Includes Correspondence from Watkins to Clerk.

Impact area
- Education
Topic
- Educational Equity
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
Organization
- LDF
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
- 3c6ce6c2-d167-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421

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Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Desegregation Plan; Resolution of the Holmes County Board of Education, 1965. 3c6ce6c2-d167-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/bf154f1c-c7e1-4d3d-a333-90f376b23dd7/desegregation-plan-resolution-of-the-holmes-county-board-of-education. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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Desegregation Plan; Resolution of the Holmes County Board of Education

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