Effie Arcala Hightower, Etc. v. Paul D. West, Etc.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

We consider here the desegregation plan of the Fulton County, Georgia, school system. 1 231 This school system encompasses urban, suburban, and rural areas outside the city limits of Atlanta. Fulton County, 70 miles long runs, approximately north-south, the City of Atlanta in its middle. The black population is concentrated in the southern half of the county. The area north of Atlanta is known as “North County”. Immediately to the south of Atlanta are Hapeville, College Park, and East Point, referred to as the “Tri-Cities”. From the Tri-Cities to the southern border of…