Jerome Atkins – Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE)

Civil Suits 1957

Creator	Hoffman, Walter E.
Description	Includes 1)Decrees, decisions and memoranda from Beckett, Jerome A. Atkins et al v. The School Board of the City of Newport News. 2)Pupil Placement Board orders for Hampton 3)Speech at Admiralty Day luncheon re: desegregation of Norfolk Public Schools.
Call number	2004M:001
Date from	1957
Date to	1957
Geographic school	Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton
Size	3 folders
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URL	http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wl-law/vilxwl00014.document
Repository	Washington and Lee University School of Law
Repository address	Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Archives, Law Library, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450-0303
Repository contact name	John N. Jacob
Repository contact title	Archivist
Repository contact email	powell@wlu.edu
Repository contact phone	(540) 458-8969
DoveRegion	region7
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o Public schools o School children o School integration o Segregation in education o Public schools — Virginia — Newport News o Public schools — Virginia — Hampton o Hoffman, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1907-1996
Types	o Government papers o Legal documents o Speeches

USDC, Eastern District of Virginia -Newport News Division, Civil Action Case # 489-Jerome Atkins, et al vs. School Board of the City of Newport News, VA, et al

Creator	USDC, Eastern District of Virginia -Newport News Division
Description	In April 1956, the parents of Jerome Atkins and 53 other children filed suit in the U.S. District Court that the school board of Newport News, VA, was denying the plaintiffs their civil rights under the 14th Amendment by continuing to enforce racial segregation in the city schools. The plaintiffs petitioned the Court to restrain the school board from barring admission to any student on the grounds of race. The lead attorney for the plaintiffs was future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Trial proceedings were held in November 1956 and in February 1957, the District Court ruled that racial segregation in the Newport News school system must end and that the schools must be opened on an integrated basis by the start of the 1957-1958 school year. The defendants appealed the ruling to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. In July 1957, the Circuit Court upheld the District Court’s decision ending racial segregation in the Newport News school system.
Call number	Civil Action Case # 489
Date from	1956
Date to	1958
Geographic school	Newport News, VA
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Repository	NARA Mid-Atlantic Region
Repository address	14700 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096
Repository contact name	David Weber
Repository contact title	Director, Records Management Program
Repository contact email	philadelphia.reference@nara.gov
Repository contact phone	(215) 305-2000
DoveRegion	(outside of Virginia)
Subjects	o African American students o African Americans–Civil rights o African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o School children o Segregation in education o Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education–Trials, litigation, etc. o Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 o District courts–Virginia o Public schools–Virginia–Newport News o United States. Circuit Courts
Types	Legal documents