As of 03/07/2022

Series 2695: Attorney General's Office Civil Rights Material. 1958-1965.
Attorney General (RG 48)

      An assortment of civil rights cases and related material transferred from the Attorney General’s office to MDAH sometime prior to 1979. Although it is not entirely certain if these files were created collectively or by one individual, Assistant Attorney General Dugas Stands is mentioned in parts of the collection. Most of the materials are printed or bound decisions, briefs, petitions, and memoranda. Some legal research notes and memoranda from the Attorney General’s office is also represented. Mississippi cases are separated from Non-Mississippi cases on the finding aid for greater clarity. N. B. not all of the cases are complete copies with all of the transcripts, briefs, opinions, etc. for that case.

Box 1
Mississippi Cases:
James Meredith v. Charles Dickson Fair et al. 1961.
H.D. Darby v. James Daniel. 1958.
US v. Ellett R. Dogan, Sheriff Tallahatchie County. 1961.
Robert Lee Goldsby v. William Harpole, Superintendent of Parchman. 1958.
John Q. Wood et al v. US. 1961.
Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson. 1961.		35654

Non-Mississippi Cases:
Cocheyse J. Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County [Virginia]. 1964.
Crum Dinkins v. William Rogers [Alabama]. 1961.
Conference on Education. US Commission on Civil Rights. Nashville. 1959.
Nomination of Gordon MacLean Tiffany for staff director of Commission on Civil Rights. 1958.
Nomination of J. Ernest Wilkins for Assistant Secretary of Labor. 1954.
Simon Bouie v. City of Columbia. [South Carolina] 1961.
Charles Baker et al v. Joe C. Carr et al. [Tennessee] 1962.
Robert Mack Bell v. Maryland. [Maryland] 1962.
James Richard Peterson v. City of Greenville. [South Carolina] 1961.
Arthur Hamm v. City of Rock Hill. [South Carolina] 1962.
Leroy Henry v. City of Rock Hill. [South Carolina] 1962.
Christopher Mitchell et al v. City of Charleston. [South Carolina] 1961.
Israel Dresner v. City of Tallahassee. [Florida] 1963.
Dion Tyrone Diamond v. Louisiana. [Louisiana] 1962.
Lawrence George Henry and Dion Tyrone Diamond v. Virginia. [Virginia] 1961.
US 5th Circuit. Rule 16 Explanation. 1961.

Box 2
Mississippi Cases:
James Meredith v. Charles Dickson Fair et al. 1961.		35655

Non-Mississippi Cases:
Cecil Manning et al v. William P. Rogers. [Louisiana]. 1960.
Margaret M. Larche v. John A. Hannah. [Louisiana]. 1959.
In Re Henry Earl Palmer. [Louisiana]. 1960.
J.A.H. Slawson v. John A Hannah. [Louisiana]. 1959.
US v. Alabama, Wheeler Dyson et al. [Alabama] 1961.
US v. Citizens Council of Louisiana. [Louisiana] 1961.
Newspaper clippings: Arkansas Gazette, Memphis Press Scimitar, Commercial Appeal (TN), Arkansas Democrat

Box 3
Mississippi Cases:
US, Charles Avery v. Harrison County. 1960.
Robert Lee Goldsby v. William Harpole, Superintendent of Parchman. 1958.
US v. Ellett R. Dogan, Sheriff Tallahatchie County. 1961.
US v. John Q. Wood. Walthall County. 1961.
US v. Mississippi. 1963.
“Big Voter Suit”
Miscellaneous correspondence. 1965.
Memo to Charles Clark. 1964.
States which prescribe educational requirements for suffrage
US v. A.L. Ramsey, registrar Clarke County. 1961.
US v. Ross Barnett and Paul B. Johnson, Jr. 1963.
US v. Leonard C. Duke, Panola County. 1961.
Patricia Derian et al v. State Board of Election Commissioners. 1971		35656

Non-Mississippi Cases:
Theodore Gibson v. Board of Public Infrastructure of Dade County. [Florida] 1958.
US v. James Griggs Raines. [Georgia] 1959.
John R. Lewis et al v. Southeastern Greyhound Lines. 1961.

Box 4
Mississippi Cases:
Darrell Kenyatta Evers v. Jackson Municipal School District. 1963.
US v. Theron C. Lynd. 1962.
US v. John J. Frasier. 1961.
US v. James Daniel, Jefferson Davis County. 1961.
Analyses 1959 Civil Rights Bills. Dugas Shands, Asst. Attorney general
Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson. 1962.		35657

Non-Mississippi Cases:
Eva Allen v. Prince Edward County School Board. [Virginia] 1962.
Charleston County school district integration suit. [South Carolina] 1963.
Georgia and North Carolina Briefs
Civil Rights Commission. Senate Bills correspondence
Civil Rights Commission. General civil rights bills. 1963.
Civil Rights Commission. Senate factual presentations. 1963.
Louisiana Voting Cases
In Re Crum Dinkins, Registrar Montgomery County. [Alabama] 1960.