Birdie Mae DAVIS et al., Appellants,
v.
BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY et al., Appellees.
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant,
v.
BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY et al., Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 12, 1968.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 26, 1968.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
No. 25162:
Vernon Z. Crawford, Mobile, Ala., Charles H. Jones, Jr., New York City, Frank Dunbaugh, Walter Gorman, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Michael Davidson, New York City, Jack Greenberg, New York City, Frankie L. Fields, Mobile, Ala., Norman C. Amaker, New York City, John Doar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Owen M. Fiss, Brian K. Landsberg, Frank W. Hill, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellants.
Abram L. Philips, Jr., Mobile, Ala., Palmer Pillans, George F. Wood, Mobile, Ala., for appellees.
No. 25175:
Charles H. Jones, Jr., New York City, Vernol R. Jansen, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., Walter Gorman, Frank M. Dunbaugh, Attys. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Vernon Z. Crawford, Mobile, Ala., Jack Greenberg, Michael Davidson, New York City, Frankie L. Fields, Mobile, Ala., Norman C. Amaker, New York City, John Doar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Owen M. Fiss, Brian K. Landsberg, Frank W. Hill, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellants.
A. L. Philips, Jr., Mobile, Ala., Palmer Pillans, George F. Wood, Mobile, Ala., for appellees.
Before MARIS, THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
In the face of a vexing, continuing problem, this Court decreed that school boards in this Circuit have an affirmative duty to effectuate a transition to unitary racially nondiscriminatory school systems. This means integration of faculties, facilities, and activities, as well as students. The time for implementing programs that work is now. United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education, 5th Cir. 1967, 372 F.2d 836...
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