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MOSES v. WASHINGTON PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 03-30627.

379 F.3d 319 (2004)

Vertrees MOSES, by his father and next friend Wilton Moses and all other Negroes similarly situated; Mildred Jenkins; McKesia Thomas; Norma Bickham; Donnie Brumblield; United States of America, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WASHINGTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, a Corporation; Richard N. Thomas, President; Dennie Fowler, Superintendent, Franklinton, Louisiana, Defendants-Appellees, v. BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 6, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr. (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Vertrees Moses, Mildred Jenkins, McKesia Thomas, Norma Bickham and Donnie Brumblield.

Franz R. Marshall, Civil Division-Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

G. Wayne Kuhn (argued), Franklinton, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Robert Bradley Lewis (argued), Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Bogalusa, LA, for Intervenor-Appellant.

Before SMITH, BENAVIDES and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

PICKERING, Circuit Judge.

This case demonstrates the progress we have made, yet the distance we have to go to eliminate the vestiges of past racial discrimination.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This lawsuit was first filed in 1965, resulting in the Washington Parish Public Schools being integrated in 1969. Simultaneously with the integration of the schools, Bowling Green School was organized as a private racially segregated school. Louisiana apparently has...

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