Justices base their decision partly on lawsuits by black parents in New Castle County.
The first of seven lawsuits is filed by black students seeking admission to white public schools in Kent County. U.S. District Court finds Delaware has done little to comply with the 1954 ruling and orders the state to file a desegregation plan. All Delaware desegregation lawsuits are consolidated into what eventually will be known as Evans vs. Buchanan. The state begins eliminating black schools in Kent and Sussex counties. By 1967, the last of Delaware's officially black districts is phased out.