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1970 Press Photo US Assistant Attorney General Leonard and Pottinger with press

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U.S. Assistant Attorney General Jerris Leonard, left, and HEW Civil Rights Director Stanley Pottinger announce in Jackson Tuesday that the federal government will decide this weekend whether to file a state wide suit to force desegregation in some 20 Mississippi school districts which have not filed satisfactory unitary school plans.

Photo is dated 1970.

Photo measures 10.5 x 8.25 inches.
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