- Collection:
- With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
- Title:
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Final decree
- Creator:
- United States. District Court (Virginia : Eastern District)
- Date of Original:
- 1952
- Subject:
- 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 - Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026
- Medium:
- decrees
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- 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. - Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_evenhand_br0059s
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0059s.jpg
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress. Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Final decree
