BIVINS v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION & ORPH. FOR BIBB CO., GA.

No. 21690.

342 F.2d 229 (1965)

Shirley BIVINS et al., Appellants, v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ORPHANAGE FOR BIBB COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derrick A. Bell, Jr., New York City, Donald L. Hollowell, Atlanta, Ga., Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, New York City, for appellants.

C. Baxter Jones, Macon, Ga., for appellees. Jones, Sparks, Benton & Cork, Macon, Ga., of counsel.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, MOORE and BELL, Circuit Judges.


BELL, Circuit Judge.

This is a companion case to Lockett v. Board of Education of Muscogee County School District, Georgia, No. 21,262, decided this date. 342 F.2d 225. It presents issues arising out of a suit to desegregate the public school system of Bibb County (Macon), Georgia. The defendant school Board, pursuant to an order of the District Court, and after suit by appellants, presented a plan for the desegregation of the system...

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