(DOWNLOAD) "Jones v. School Board of City of Alexandria" by United States Court of Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Jones v. School Board of City of Alexandria
- Author : United States Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 20, 1960
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
Description
The applications of fourteen Negro children, through their parents, to the School Board of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, to be transferred from colored to white schools in the city gave rise to this litigation. The School Board rejected all of the applications and the plaintiffs brought this suit, alleging that the actions of the Board had been taken pursuant to the policy of segregating the races in the public schools in the city and praying that the Board be enjoined from pursuing this policy and also for further relief. After a hearing the District Judge ordered that nine of the students should be admitted to the schools of their choice at the opening of the schools on February 10, 1959, and refused the suggestion of the defendants that the admissions be deferred until the commencement of the next session of the schools in September, 1959. The judge, however, denied the motion of five of the applicants for further relief on the ground that they were disqualified to enter the desired school because of residence or academic deficiency. The Board did not appeal from the order admitting the nine children and the case comes to this court only on the appeal of the remaining five children.