September 14, 2001
A Federal Judge Considers Plan to Desegregate Mississippi Colleges
State leaders back pact; critics doubt it would lead to integration
A debate over how Mississippi should finally move beyond its segregated past consumed state officials, faculty members, and students who gathered here last week for three days of hearings on a $503-million proposal to end the state's longstanding college-desegregation lawsuit.
During the federal-courtroom proceedings, the judge who must decide whether to sign off on the settlement plan repeatedly asked state
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