[Download] "Anthony v. Marshall County Board of Education" by United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Anthony v. Marshall County Board of Education
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 15, 1969
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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This class action was brought by Negro school children, represented by their parents, to desegregate the two public school districts of Marshall County, Mississippi. Appellants sought the adoption of one of two proposed systems for integration: (1) pairing of the existing school facilities, or (2) a system of unitary geographic school zone lines, in lieu of the existing "freedom-of-choice" plans adopted in the 1965-66 school year. They aver that after three years of operation, "freedom of choice" continues to maintain a school system in which pupils are segregated by race. In the interim, between the filing of the complaint and the hearing by the District Court, the Supreme Court rendered its recent decisions in the public school desegregation triad of Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, Va., 391 U.S. 430, 88 S. Ct. 1689, 20 L. Ed. 2d 716 (1968); Raney v. Board of Education of Gould School District, 391 U.S. 443, 88 S. Ct. 1697, 20 L. Ed. 2d 727 (1968); and Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of City of Jackson, Tenn., 391 U.S. 450, 88 S. Ct. 1700, 20 L. Ed. 2d 733 (1968). The District Judge rejected the alternative plans suggested by appellants and concluded that under the command of Green, the most feasible and the only workable method of bringing meaningful desegregation to the schools was to continue under the existing "freedom-of-choice" plans.