Proposed Order for Preparing Metropolitan Desegregation Plans

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January 1, 1972

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- Education
Topic
- School Desegregation
Matter
- Milliken v. Bradley
Case
- Milliken v. Bradley
U.S. state
- Michigan
Collection
- Case Files
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- 485e69f4-52e9-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0

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Case Files, Milliken Hardbacks. Proposed Order for Preparing Metropolitan Desegregation Plans, 1972. 485e69f4-52e9-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/deec39cf-aba7-44f3-b083-b77df489bb1f/proposed-order-for-preparing-metropolitan-desegregation-plans. Accessed November 01, 2025.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

SOUTHERN DIVISION

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RONALD BRADLEY, et al, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN, et al, )
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Defendants, )
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DETROIT FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL ) 
231, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, ) 
AFL-CIO, )

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Defendant-Intervenor, )

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DENISE MAGDOWSKI, et al, )
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Defendants-Intervenors, )
et al )
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Civil Action 
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ORDER
FOR PREPARING METROPOLITAN DESEGREGATION PLANS

At a session of the United States 
District Court for the Eastern 
District of Michigan,held on the
____ day of ________ , 1972, in the
United States Federal Building, 
Detroit, Michigan.

PRESENT: Stephen J. Roth
United States Judge

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

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1. The Defendant State Board of Education, in cooperation

j!and consultation with the various affected local school districts i
__ jis hereby ordered to prepare a pupil assignment plan for all 

students within the Detroit metropolitan school community.

2. Said plan shall provide for school attendance within



the following school "clusters:

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

Detroit Murray 
Melvindale 
Lincoln Park 
Allen Park 
Southgate

Detroit Southwestern
River Rouge
Wyandotte
Riverview
Trenton
Grosse lie

No . 9 Detroit Mumford 
Detroit Ford 
Bloomfield Hills 
West Bloomfield 
Walled Lake 
Avondale

No.10 Detroit Northern 
Highland Park 
Hazel Park 
Royal Oak 
Birmingham

Detroit Western
Van Buren
Ecorse
Taylor
Woodhaven
Romulus
Huron
Gibralter
Flat Rock

Detroit Chadsey 
Westwood 
Inkster 
Wayne
Cherry Hill

Detroit Nprthwestern
Crestwood
Dearborn
Dearborn Heights 
Fairlane 
Garden City
North Dearborn Heights

Detroit Mackenzie
Detroit Cody
Northville
Plymouth
Livonia
Redford Union
South Redford

Detroit Central
Ferndale
Oak Park
Berkley
Southfield

Detroit Cooley 
Detroit Redford 
Clarenceville 
Farmington 
Novi

No.11 Detroit Pershing 
Hamtramck 
Madison Heights 
Lamphere 
Clawson 
Troy

No.12 Pontiac 
Holly 
Brandon 
Waterford 
Lake Orion 
Oxford 
Rochester 
Clarkston 
Huron Valley 
South Lyon

No.13 Detroit Kettering 
Utica 
Warren

No.14 Detroit Northeastern 
Detroit Osborn 
Van Dyke 
Warren Woods 
Centerline 
Fitzgerald

No.15 Detroit King 
Grosse Pointe 
Harper Woods 
East Detroit

No. 16 Detroit Southeastern 
Lake Shore 
Lakeview 
Roseville 
South Lake

No. 17 Detroit Finney 
Detroit Denby 
Chippewa Valley 
Fraser 
Clintondale

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No. 18 Mt. Clemens 
Anchor Bay 
Richmond 
Romeo
L'Anse Creuse
Armada
New Haven

3. Within each cluster, the racial proportions in each 

school shall be so reflective of the racial proportion of the 

cluster as to render all the schools in the cluster non-racially 

identifiable. No strict racial quota shall be required, but any 

substantial deviation from the norm must be justified by compelling 

reasons of public convenience and necessity.

4. The Defendant State Board of Education shall present
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jthis pupil assignment plan to the Court on a date to be set by 

this Court, along with a report as to a feasible date or dates 

for implementing the plan as to all grades or as to specific 
grades.in stages.

5. Said report shall also include a statement of steps
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to be taken to preserve desegregation in each cluster, including, 

but not necessarily limited to, the following topics:

(a) Curriculum appropriate for multi
racial student bodies;

(b) Avoidance of intra-school segre
gation caused by "tracking," testing,

; grouping or similar devices;

(c) Provisions for student transportation;

(d) Provision of administrative staff, 
counselling staff and faculty appro
priate to a multi-racial student body;

(e) Provision for inclusion of all students 
and their parents in the life of the 
school.

(f) Provision of in-service training to 
prepare teachers for multi-racial teaching 
situations.

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6. All parties and any school district affected shall 
be given the opportunity to respond to this plan and report as to 1
its practicalities within a time set by the Court and the Court jj

l| will hola a hearing subsequent to the filing of such* responses
| .I as to the plan's practicalities.!(ii

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United States Judge

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