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| Creator: | United States. District Court (Virginia : Eastern District) |
| Title: | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Final decree |
| Date: | 1952 |
| Description: | This memorandum summarizes the findings of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Civil Action No. 1333: Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County. The court found in favor of the County School Board, upholding segregation. The case later went before the United States Supreme Court and was judged with similar cases in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Decrees |
| Subjects: | African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century | African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia | United States. District Court (Virginia : Eastern District) | Prince Edward County (Va.) | Discrimination in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County | Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--Virginia | Race discrimination--Virginia--Prince Edward County | School children--Transportation--Law and legislation--Virginia | Social justice--Virginia--Prince Edward County | Equality--Virginia | Richmond (Va.) |
| Collection: | With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty |
| Institution: | Library of Congress |
| Contributors: | Library of Congress | "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Online Publisher: | [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress |
| Original Material: | Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress. Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0059s.jpg |
