Finding Aid for the Jerry Boone Collection
(MUM01769)
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Finding Aid for the Jerry Boone Collection
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Descriptive Summary
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| PURL: |
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01769/ |
| Title: |
Jerry Boone Collection |
| Dates: |
1997-2004 |
| Collector: |
Boone, Jerry |
| Physical Extent: |
5 boxes (5.42 linear feet) |
| Repository: |
University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA |
| Identification: |
MUM01769 |
| Location: |
Modern Political Archive
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| Language of Material: |
English |
| Abstract: |
Records of Dr. Jerry Boone’s service from 1998 to 2004 as court-appointed monitor
for the Ayers lawsuit on desegregation and disparate state funding of Mississippi’s higher education
institutions.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donated by Dr. Jerry Boone, April 2012
Processing Information
Collection processed by Political Papers Archivist Leigh McWhite, May 2012. Finding
aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, May 2012.
Folders retain the original files of Dr. Boone with some minor modifications to labels
with regards to elaborating upon abbreviations. Archivist reordered folders alphabetically
with newly-organized clippings folders at the end.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
College integration -- Mississippi
Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- Mississippi
Segregation in higher education -- Mississippi
Universities and colleges -- Law and legislation -- Mississippi
Formats
correspondence
reports
clippings (information artifacts)
Biographical Note
In 1975, several African American residents of Mississippi filed the class-action
lawsuit Ayers v. Allain against the governor and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning
seeking to desegregate the state’s system of higher education. The United States subsequently
joined as a plaintiff. The district court ruled in favor of the state since it had
adopted race-neutral policies and procedures and adopted affirmative action in the
university system. However, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision
on the basis that the effects of de jure segregation continued to impact the system, and the defendants appealed to the Supreme
Court.
As the governor’s office changed hands, the title of the case became Ayers v. Mabus and then Ayers v. Fordice. In 1992, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Fifth Circuit. Their opinion
required consideration of Mississippi policies and procedures that are remnants of
de jure segregation, continue to manifest elements of segregation, are without sound educational
justification, and can practicably be eliminated.
On remand, the lower court applied the legal standard outlined by the Supreme Court
and ordered several reforms among them uniform standards governing admission to all
state universities; the development of additional academic programs at historically
black universities; and a study to consider state control of facilities maintenance
funds for all institutions.
Later on appeal, the Fifth Circuit directed the lower court to examine the historical
disparities in state funds received by white and black institutions and take corrective
action if necessary, as well as monitoring summer remedial programs for students who
failed to qualify for admission but might be capable of performing at the university
level.
In August 1998, the U.S. District Court Judge Neil Biggers appointed Dr. Jerry Boone
as a monitor to assist the court and all parties in implementing the remedial decree.
A 1949 graduate of the University of Mississippi, Boone was a retired professor of
clinical psychology and former vice president of Academic Affairs (1972-85) and interim
president of the University of Memphis (1980). Boone received a salary from the court
for this part-time position which involved visiting campuses, collecting information
from all parties, and submitting reports and recommendations to Judge Biggers.
In March 2001, most of the parties reached a settlement that provided state funds
to the improvement of facilities and programs at historically black universities;
to increase recruitment and retention of white students; and to support summer remedial
programs. Several of the private plaintiffs opted out of the settlement and sought
to have it invalidated. In 2004, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the settlement and the
Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
Bibliography
The following sources were used to prepare the biographical note for this collection:
Elias Blake Jr. "Is Higher Education Desegregation a Remedy for Segregation but not Educational Inequality?:
A Study of the Ayers v. Mabus Desegregation Case"Journal of Negro Education 60:4 (Autumn 1991), pp. 538-565.
Andy Kanengiser. "Advisor to Ayers Case Judge to Tour Schools" Jackson Clarion Ledger (8 December 1998), pp. 1B & 3B.
Faye McDonald Smith. "Twenty Years in the Making and Still Unresolved: Ayers Desegregation Suit Has Far
Reaching Impact on Black Colleges"Southern Changes 16:4 (1994), pp. 8-16.
Faye McDonald Smith. "Ayers v. Fordice: An Update"Southern Changes 17:1 (1995), p. 19.
Mississippi. Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure
Review (PEER). "Report to the Mississippi Legislature: Mississippi’s Compliance with the Ayers Settlement
Agreement," accessed http://www.peer.state.ms.us/reports/rpt525.pdf, 4 May 2012.
Crystal Gafford Muhammad. "Mississippi Higher Education Desegregation and the Interest Convergence Principle:
A CRT Analysis of the ‘Ayers Settlement’"Race Ethnicity and Education 12:3 (September 2009), pp. 319-336.
Scope and Content Note
Some of the contents of the Boone Collection will be duplicated in the official court
records of the Ayers case. However, the collection also includes correspondence, newspaper
clippings, report drafts, and supplementary data and information used to compile reports
that are not part of the official court record.
User Information
Preferred Citation
Jerry Boone Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Jerry Boone Collection is open for research. This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers
interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in
advance of their planned visit.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use,"
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Related Material
Resources in Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi
[Ayers Information Packet]. [1992]. Part 1 U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, List of “properly
challengeable policies and practices.”; Part 2 Separate Statement of the Private Plaintiffs;
Part 3 The United States Law Week, Full Text of Opinions; United States, Petitioner
v. Kirk Fordice, Governor of Mississippi, et al., Jake Ayers, et al., Petitioner v.
Kirk Fordice, Governor of Mississippi, et al.; Part 4 Private Plaintiffs’ Outline
of Their Position. Call Number: KF4155.A1 A93 1992.
Ayers Lay Advisory Board. Initial Report of Recommendations to Governor Kirk Fordice, Lieutenant Governor Eddie
Briggs, Speaker Tim Ford, Attorney General Mike Moore, Board of Institutions of Higher
Learning. 1992. Call Number: KF4153.3 A94 1992.
Jeff Baker. "The Ayers Decision: What It Will Mean to Ole Miss: Courts Decision Provides Few Answers."SouthVine 1:1 (September 1992). Call Number: KF4153.3 B35 1992.
Evans B. Harrington Collection. Includes a 1994 letter from UM professor Charles E. Noyes to the editor of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal on misleading coverage of the Ayers case (Box 12, Folder 7). Finding
aid available online at http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00219/.
Verner S. Holmes Collection. Material pertaining to higher education in Mississippi collected by Dr. Verner S.
Holmes, a member of the Institutions of Higher Learning Board from 1956 to 1980. Finding
aid available online at http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00571/.
James H. Meredith Collection. Includes a 1983 letter from Jack Greenberg of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational
Fund to Meredith which mentions the Ayers case (Box 51, Folder 1). Finding aid available
online at http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00293/.
Mississippi. Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. The Ayers Decision ([Jackson, MS]: Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, 1992).
Two volumes. Call Number: KF4153.3 A93 1992.
Nash & Taggart Collection. Includes an oral history with Johnnie Walls (former state senator and member of
the Institute of Higher Learning Board) with comments on the Ayers case. Finding aid
available online at http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01737/.
Joseph Philip Smith. A History of College Admissions at the University of Mississippi Since 1954: Implications
of the Brown v. Board of Education, Meredith v. Fair, and Ayers v. Fordice upon Student
Selection Criteria (Ed.D., University of Memphis, 1998). Call Number: LD3402.9 S55 1998a.
United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division. Educational Opportunities
Litigation Section. Jake Ayers, Jr., et al., Plaintiff, and United States of America, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors,
v. Kirk Fordice, Governor, State of Mississippi, et al., Defendant: Practicable Alternatives
to Remnants that State Contends Are Justified; Submitted by the United States [Washington, DC: 1993]. Call Number: KF4153 J34 1993.
United States. District Court (Mississippi: Northern District: Greenville Division).
Jake Ayers, Jr., [et al.], plaintiffs, United States of America, [et al.], plaintiff-intervenor,
v. Kirk Fordice, Governor, State of Mississippi, [et al.], defendants: memorandum
opinion and remedial decree. [1995]. Photocopy of typescript. Call Number: KF4153.3 J34 1995.
University of Mississippi Small Manuscripts, Series 10: Miscellaneous. Box 31, folder 14 includes a December 1994 Ayers admissions
standards ruling. Box 31, folder 22 contains a 1998 memorandum from Provost Gerald
Walton on the law suit.
Vertical Clippings Collection. Includes a file of clippings on the Ayers case. Finding aid available online at
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00459/.
Other related material may be discovered on either the University of Mississippi Subject Guide or the Education Subject Guide.
Separated Material
The Jerry Boone Collection includes 61 3.5 inch floppy disks containing 4.03 megabytes
of digital files. Digital Initiatives Librarian Kathryn Michaelis downloaded and converted
documents into pdf files. These born-digital records are duplicated in print in the
collection boxes, but do not represent the entirety of the collection. Researchers
may access the digital files in the J.D. Williams Library with advance notice.
Arrangement
Files are organized alphabetically in Boxes 1 through 3 according to folder labels
that preserve Dr. Boone’s organizational system. Newspaper clippings on the Ayers
case are in Box 4.
Container List
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| ACT Cut Off Scores |
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| Appropriation Bills |
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| Bi-Monthly Reports |
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| Community Colleges |
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| Community Colleges & Jackson State University |
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| Conclusion of Fifth Circuit Appeals Court Ayers Case |
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| Correspondence Defendants’ Attorneys |
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| Correspondence Plaintiffs’ Attorneys |
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| Delta Desegregation |
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| Desegregation in Other States |
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| Diversity Enhancement Information |
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| Docket Sheets |
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| Enrollment (1 of 2) |
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| Enrollment (2 of 2) |
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| Equipment Funding |
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| Extended Enrollment Tables of 13 September 2000 and Sources |
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| Facilities Maintenance |
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| Facilities Maintenance – Alcorn State University |
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| Facilities Maintenance – Delta State University |
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| Facilities Maintenance – Jackson State University |
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| Facilities Maintenance – Mississippi State University |
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| Facilities Maintenance – Mississippi State Valley University |
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| Facilities Maintenance – Mississippi University for Women |
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| Facilities Maintenance – University of Mississippi |
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| Facilities Maintenance – University of Southern Mississippi |
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| Final Statement & Judgment |
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| Funding Implementation |
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| Graduate School Admissions |
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| Gulf Coast Campus |
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| Jackson State University |
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| Folder 2.20
| Judge Biggers |
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| Law School/Legal Education |
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| Folder 2.23
| Meetings at Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board |
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| Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board Correspondence |
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| Folder 2.26
| Pharmacy Education |
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| Requests for Information |
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| Remedial Programs |
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| Remedial Programs – Cost of Developmental Education |
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| Remedial Programs – Remedial Courses (Not Summer Program) |
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| Remedial Programs – Study of Remedial v. Developmental |
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| Response – Duplications |
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| Response – Letters re: Settlement |
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| Response – Money |
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| Response – Settlement |
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| Status Conference 1998 |
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| Folder 3.12
| Summer Remedial Program |
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| Folder 3.14
| Universities Center Report |
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| Folder 3.15
| Universities Center Control |
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| Folder 4.1
| Clippings, 1997 |
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| Clippings, 1998 |
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| Clippings, 1999 |
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| Clippings, 2000 |
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| Clippings, 2001 |
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| Clippings, 2002 |
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| Folder 4.7
| Clippings, undated |
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| Box 5
| Computer disks |
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Scope: See Separated Material note.
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