Rebecca E. Henry v. The Clarksdale Municipal Separate School District

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

As this case demonstrates, a school board’s adoption of a geographic zoning system instead of a “freedom of choice” system is not a guarantee of effective desegregation. “Geographic zoning, like any other attendance plan adopted by a school board in this Circuit, is acceptable only if it tends to disestablish rather than reinforce the dual system of segregated schools.” United States v. Greenwood Municipal Separate School District, 5 Cir. 1968, 406 F.2d 1086. In Davis v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, 5 Cir. 1968, 393 F.2d 690, we recognized that in many…