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UNITED STATES v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LINCOLN CTY., GA.

No. 72-2610.

469 F.2d 1315 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LINCOLN COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Joseph COBB et al., Plaintiffs, v. J. R. FREEMAN et al., Defendants-Appellees, Alsie H. Parks, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Ruffin, Jr., Augusta, Ga., for appellant.

Hugh J. Moore, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Education Section, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Howard Moore, Jr., Elizabeth Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., and Jack Greenberg, New York City, for Joseph Cobb, and others.

E. Freeman Leverett, Elberton, Ga., for Lincoln County and J. R. Freeman and others.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

A black woman, Mrs. Alsie H. Parks, was demoted from her position as high school counselor by the Lincoln County, Georgia, School Board and offered a job as a teacher at the same rate of pay. Mrs. Parks refused to accept the teaching position and filed suit for reinstatement in federal district court1 contending that she was dismissed as counselor because of her race. The school board maintained at all times that Mrs. Parks...

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