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icueIai district court held
these laws unconstitutional. The
college officials appealed the
decision in October 1866.
The Orleans Parish Schoo. |
Board case was first filed in
1852 but in August 1855 was
amended TO challenge the cons
fi'ufionalifY OF several state
statutes enacted TO preserve
segregation. A ruling of the court
In favor Of the Negro students
In 1856 by a one. jude court
was appealed 10 the u. S. SUI
Beard on ground that the case
should have been tried by a
fhree-judge district court. The
appeal was denied by the SUI
preme Court.
The School Board in June 1857
filed a motion with the district /
court. seeking TO vacate the /
decision because the Negro stu
cents had failed to file a bond
required by the court IS months
previously. The motion was de-
MED and the School Board ab-
pealed.
The New Orleans City Park
suit WIS originally filed in Nov
cmber l949 and sought the adj
mission of Negroes 10 the city
public golf links. Trial was post
pcncd pending the outcome of
several pending court actions
which involved public recreation
facilities and which subsequently
reached the l.. s. Supreme
Court.
Following the decision in the
Baltimore and Atlanta public
recreation cases in 1856. which
ouiIawed segregation in public
recreation facilities. the New Or
leans case was reaciivaied in
December 1856. In May 1857 the
court ruled in favor OF the Me-
srees. The city appealed the de-
cision in October 1857.
The Morrison VS.. Davis suit
is better known as the New Or
leans Bus case. II was filed in
February 1857, challenging the
constitutlontalty of the state
and local statutes requiring
racial segregation on public
transportation. On May "a, 1857
the trial court ruled the segre-
cation statutes unconstitutional.
The Mayor Of New Orleans and
the other defendants filed their
appeal in October 1857.
Also the NAACP Legal De-
Tense and Educational Fund
counsel argued today before the
u. s. Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit that the Hartford
County, Md. plan for desegrega-
ing It's public schools was too
slow TO meet constitutional re-
quirements.
After petitions and lower
curt hearings which commenced
in 1858, Hartford County. Md.
mad agreed to desegregatc all
If the elementary schools in the
'oun'y except 3 which sched-
sled TO be opened tor the 1858
school year and others which
IRE scheduled to be opened for
he l959-60 school year. 1t agre-
d to desegrcsate lis high
chools over a period OF 5 years
o be completed in 1868. except
hat Negro children who would
axe special examinations not
required of white children, might
be admitted before that time.
Reasons given for the delay |
were overcrowding the schools, |
local opposition, and the alleged |
act that children adjust better
IN high school If admitted dur
ne he freshman year, instead
OF in the higher grades.
Counsel for the Negro chill
aren, Jack Greenberg of the
NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
New York City and Tucker r.
GEARING of Baltimore. argued
hat there really was no over
crowding, but that If it exised
il was a problem o be solved
without depriving Negro chill
dren of their rights. They point
ed out that the u. S. Supreme
Court had forbidden school
boards to use local opposition as
grounds for delay; and that II
there were problems in personal
adjustment for students admit
ed above the fire. ihman level,
they should be solved with out
regard to race.
The case was Lied on be-
half of a group of Negro re-
sidents of Hartford County, Md.
some of whom. rs a result of
piior efforts in The case, have
alrea Y been admitted formerly
all-white schools in the County. |
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