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10. Plaintiff alleges that he meets all of the requirements for
admission to the University of Mississippi as a transfer student; that
he is ready, willing and able to pay all fees and tuition charges re-
quired of all other students; and that he is ready, willing and able
to abide by all rules and regulations of the University of Mississippi
which are applicable to white students similarly situated.
11. Plaintiff alleges that defendants, and each of them, have
pursued and are presently pursuing a state policy, state practice,
state custom and state usage of maintaining and operating separate
state institutions of higher learning for the White and Negro citizens
of Mississippi. The institutions of higher learning limited by policy
practice, custom and usage to white students are: the University
of
Mississippi, Mississippi State College, Mississippi State College for
Women, Mississippi Southern Colege, and Delta State Teachers College.
The state institutions of higher learning limited by defendants to
Negro students are: Jackson State College, the college attended by
plaintiff during the past school year, Alcorn Agricultural and
Mechanical College, and Mississippi Vocational College. Plaintiff
alleges, on information and belief, that pursuant to said policy,
practice, custom and usage, plaintiff's application was not treated in
the same manner as applications of white persons for admission to the
University of Mississippi; that plaintiff was not advised promptly con-
cerning the status of his application or his ability or inability to
meet requisite admission requirements; that plaintiff was never ad-
vised by the defendant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, as request
ed by plaintiff, that plaintiff's race and color would not be con-
sidered by the University in passing upon his application and would
not operate to bar his admission to the University of Mississippi;
and that an applicant for admission to the University of Mississippi
is required to state his or her race upon the application blank and
this information is used to prevent the unwitting admission of Negroes.
In this case, the plaintiff in making application to the University
plainly stated his race and stated his race in his letter to the
defendant Registrar which accompanied plaintiff's application.
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