{"id":235,"date":"2018-08-03T19:23:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T19:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizwah.gmu.edu\/DOVE\/?p=235"},"modified":"2018-08-03T19:23:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T19:23:16","slug":"usdc-western-district-of-virginia-roanoke-civil-action-case-341-p-c-corbin-vs-the-county-school-board-of-pulaski-county-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dove.gmu.edu\/index.php\/2018\/08\/03\/usdc-western-district-of-virginia-roanoke-civil-action-case-341-p-c-corbin-vs-the-county-school-board-of-pulaski-county-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"USDC, Western District of Virginia, Roanoke, Civil Action Case # 341: P. C. Corbin vs. the County School Board of Pulaski County, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

USDC, Western District of Virginia, Roanoke, Civil Action Case # 341: P. C. Corbin vs. the County School Board of Pulaski County, Virginia\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Creator<\/strong><\/td>\nUSDC, Western District of Virginia, Roanoke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/strong><\/td>\nIn 1947, African American attorneys Oliver Hill and Spottswood Robinson represented a legal suit initiated by Dr. P. C. Corbin on behalf of his son, Mahatma Corbin. This case became part of a movement of local class-action lawsuits orchestrated by Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to equalize the public education of blacks. Mahatma Corbin v. County School Board of Pulaski County was one of the last equalization cases the NAACP Legal Defense undertook before pursuing the Virginia desegregation case, Davis v. County School Board Prince Edward County. Dr. Corbin filed this lawsuit in Virginia federal court with the intent to achieve an improved education environment for his son. The bus ride to Christiansburg was very long and cold. The school was poorly heated and also too cold. A young girl had died of tuberculosis in 1941 partly due to the conditions, according to briefs filed. The Christiansburg School was also below standard and did not provide adequate preparation for college. As evidence, the legal team presented extensive photographs of school conditions. Spottswood and Hill lost the first round in the Virginia federal court. Six months later, in November 1949, Baltimore’s U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals came down on Corbin’s side: The courts, the judge pronounced, have a “solemn duty” to strike down “forbidden racial discrimination.” A school board spokesman said officials were “shocked” by the decision, insisting that “no discrimination against Negroes existed.” A week later the board met to discuss a possible Supreme Court appeal. At that meeting, the board refused to provide high school facilities for blacks in Pulaski. The case proceeded no further. Shortly thereafter, the NAACP rolled out a new strategy attacking segregation head-on in the Supreme Court. Local battles for equalization were abandoned.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call number<\/strong><\/td>\nCivil Action Case # 341<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date from<\/strong><\/td>\n1947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date to<\/strong><\/td>\n1949<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geographic school<\/strong><\/td>\nPulaski County, VA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size<\/strong><\/td>\nunknown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access restrictions yes\/no<\/strong><\/td>\nno<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access restrictions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part Of larger collection yes\/no<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larger collection title<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
URL<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository<\/strong><\/td>\nNARA Mid-Atlantic Region<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository address<\/strong><\/td>\n14700 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository contact name<\/strong><\/td>\nDavid Weber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository contact title<\/strong><\/td>\nDirector, Records Management Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository contact email<\/strong><\/td>\nphiladelphia.reference@nara.gov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository contact phone<\/strong><\/td>\n(215) 305-2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DoveRegion<\/strong><\/td>\n(outside of Virginia)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subjects<\/strong><\/td>\no\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African American students<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African Americans–Civil rights<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African Americans–Segregation<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 High school students<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public schools<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Segregation in education<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Segregation in higher education<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 United States. Supreme Court<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hill, Oliver W., 1907-2007<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Robinson, Spottswood W., 1916-1998<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public schools–Virginia–Pulaski County<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 United States. Court of Appeals (4th Circuit)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Types<\/strong><\/td>\nLegal documents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USDC, Western District of Virginia, Roanoke, Civil Action Case # 341: P. C. Corbin vs. the County School Board of Pulaski County, Virginia\u00a0 Creator USDC, Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Description In 1947, African American attorneys Oliver Hill and Spottswood Robinson represented a legal suit initiated by Dr. P. C. Corbin on behalf of his … <\/p>\n

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