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Banned from Flight
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, an international singing sensation, faced discrimination when on tour. En route to a concert from Honolulu to Australia, Ella Fitzgerald...
Complaint (Dorothy Davis et al. vs. Prince Edward County School Board)
This complaint was filed by numerous residents of Prince Edward County, Virginia, against their school board for injustices they found in Virginia's policy of...
Dissenting Opinion
This case was heard in the Charleston District Court in May 1951 by a panel of three Federal judges. The majority ruling was that “separate but equal” schools...
Plessy v. Ferguson
Issued on May 18, 1896, this Supreme Court decision upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races"...
Segregating Children
In violation of the Texas state constitution and education laws as outlined in this booklet, Corpus Christi segregated children with Spanish surnames without...
Search results 1 - 5 of 5 for the tag Segregation