{"id":241,"date":"2018-08-03T20:04:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizwah.gmu.edu\/DOVE\/?p=241"},"modified":"2018-08-03T20:11:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:11:22","slug":"usdc-eastern-district-of-virginia-richmond-division-civil-action-case-3518-edward-alvin-bell-et-al-vs-county-school-board-of-powhatan-county-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dove.gmu.edu\/index.php\/2018\/08\/03\/usdc-eastern-district-of-virginia-richmond-division-civil-action-case-3518-edward-alvin-bell-et-al-vs-county-school-board-of-powhatan-county-et-al\/","title":{"rendered":"USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, Civil Action Case #3518- Edward Alvin Bell, et al vs. County School Board of Powhatan County, et al\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, Civil Action Case #3518- Edward Alvin Bell, et al vs. County School Board of Powhatan County, et al\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, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/strong><\/td>\nOn August 17, 1962, 65 African American students and their parents filed a class action suit against the School Board of Powhatan County, the Division Superintendent of Schools and the members of the Commonwealth’s Pupil Placement Board. They alleged that the District refused to process the necessary paperwork of the students, which was filled out properly and timely, for their respective transfers to the white institution. The forms were also, in many cases withheld from black students, while the ones that were obtained sat idle upon being submitted. There are two schools in the County, one comprising of an all-white student body and staff and the other, conversely, with an all-black student body and faculty. After a January 2, 1963 trial at the District Court, an injunction against the racial segregation in the admission of school students was granted. Furthermore, the Court enjoined the defendants from closing the public schools in their County as had been the case upon receiving a similar verdict earlier in the neighboring Prince Edward County. The County was to submit a desegregation plan within 90 days. As a result of the necessary time to formulate the plan, all save three of the defendants were not made able to transfer schools. Two days after the previously order was delivered; it was suspended as a result of a pending appeal filed on behalf of the defense. The plaintiffs chose to appeal this turn of events, forcing the defendants to subsequently file a counter-appeal. In the ensuing appeal process, the School Board was deemed to have been actively engaged in perpetuating segregation. The three original students, in addition to the remainder of the infant plaintiffs, were to be admitted to the white, Powhatan School. Additionally, the original decision not to award council fees to the plaintiff was reconsidered.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call number<\/strong><\/td>\nCivil Action Case #3518<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date from<\/strong><\/td>\n1962<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date to<\/strong><\/td>\n1973<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geographic school<\/strong><\/td>\nPowhatan County, VA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size<\/strong><\/td>\nunknown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access restrictions yes\/no<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/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 Public schools<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 School children<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 School closings<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 School integration<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 School integration–Massive resistance movement<\/p>\n

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

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virgina. Pupil Placement Board<\/p>\n

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

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Types<\/strong><\/td>\no\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Correspondence<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Legal documents<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, Civil Action Case #3518- Edward Alvin Bell, et al vs. County School Board of Powhatan County, et al\u00a0 Creator USDC, Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division Description On August 17, 1962, 65 African American students and their parents filed a class action suit against the School Board of … <\/p>\n

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