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

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.