ALLEN/DAVIS/GRIFFIN V. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF PRINCE EDWARD CO. | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

Case: Allen/Davis/Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward Co.

51-01333 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: 1951

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People

Judge(s)

Lewis, Oren Ritter (Virginia)

Judge(s)

Lewis, Oren Ritter (Virginia)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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51-01333	Order Allen v. County School Board of Prince Edward County	Dec. 4, 1957	Dec. 4, 1957 Order/Opinion

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Resources

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
Recovering Untold Stories: An Enduring Legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision	The book linked in this resource captures the first-person narratives of individuals who were plaintiffs or whose families were represented in the five cases consolidated by the United States Supreme…	Jan. 1, 2018	Jan. 1, 2018 https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/...
Davis v. Prince Edward County Brown65	In April 1951, Barbara Rose Johns, a Moton High School student in Farmville, Va., organized a two-week-long student strike to protest poor school conditions.	May 8, 2019	May 8, 2019 https://brown65.the74million.org/...
Southern Stalemate: Five Years Without Public Education in Prince Edward County, Virginia Christopher Bonastia	In 1959, Virginia’s Prince Edward County closed its public schools rather than obey a court order to desegregate. For five years, black children were left to fend for themselves while the courts deci…	Jan. 11, 2012	Jan. 11, 2012 http://www.scribd.com/...

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Case Details

State / Territory: Virginia

Case Type(s):

School Desegregation

Key Dates

Filing Date: 1951