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NAACP sues to desegregate Mississippi schools
The NAACP filed a federal desegregation suit in Mississippi, seeking admittance for James Meredith to Ole Miss before the case, while Judge Sidney Mize denied a preliminary bid to enroll him before the hearing. The case follows the Freedom Riders attempts to breach segregation and highlights admission barriers for Black applicants. Venue Biloxi, June 12 hearing.
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Jackson, Miss
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Sidney Mize
James B. Meredith
Jackson State
University of Mississippi
Freedom Riders
Meredith
Mize
Biloxi
Constance Baker Motley
New York
NAACP
Board of Trustees of
State Institutions of Higher Learning
BE. R. Jobe
Ole Miss
J. D. Williams
R. B. Ellis
A. B. Lewis
College of Liberal Arts
Motley
Ai Force