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Letter from Raymond B. Witt to fellow attorney John T. Henniss discussing constitutional rights and their legal impact on desegregation cases.

List of 132 questions regarding the specifics of racial segregation in Chattanooga public schools, submitted to United States District Court for Avon Williams to answer.

Brief filed in United States District Court explaining the Chattanooga school board's opposition to NAACP attorney Avon Williams's previously filed motion for further relief.

Brief submitted to United States District Court by the Chattanooga school board denying the "existance of any practice or policy having the intent or effect of maintaining segregation in the school system."

Office memorandum from Raymond B. Witt to A. Roy Lavik requesting a review of Supreme Court cases related to the affirmative responsibilities of school boards in desegregation

Legal memorandum filed by the Raymond Witt and the Chattanooga school board with United States District Court, asks that they require Avon Williams to be more specific in his questioning regarding desegregation.

Letter from Raymond B. Witt to Dean Holden, director of administrative services for Chattanooga Public Schools, inquiring about student transfers made during the 1966-1967 school year.

Raymond B. Witt's personal notes regarding upcoming proceedings in the Mapp v. Chattanooga Board of Education case.

Raymond B. Witt's memorandum to members of the Chattanooga Board of Education relaying events that transpired at the United States Court of Appeals hearing in Cincinnati on December 13, 1966.

Letter from Raymond B. Witt to Chattanooga Public Schools superintendent Benajmin E. Carmichael reviewing and evaluation a desegregation plan recently adopted by the school board of Richmond, Virginia.

Letter from attorney Raymond Witt to Horace J. Traylor, president of the Chattanooga Community Action Program, discussing the ramifications of desegregation in Chattanooga's Headstart program.

Office memorandum from Raymond B. Witt to fellow attorney John T. Henniss regarding the six points of James Mapp's motion for further relief. Includes discussion of the relationship between school zones and housing patterns.

Notes dictated to file by Raymond B. Witt preparing for an appeal argument in the Mapp v. Board of Education of Chattanooga case. Emphasizes the predominance of "quality of educational instruction" over racial balance.

Brief authored by legal counsel for the Board of Education of Chattanooga for a pre-trial conference.

Brief authored by legal counsel for the Board of Education supporting a gradual plan of public school desegregation in Chattanooga, Tennessee.