{"id":247,"date":"2018-08-06T15:49:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizwah.gmu.edu\/DOVE\/?p=247"},"modified":"2018-08-06T15:49:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:49:59","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dove.gmu.edu\/index.php\/2018\/08\/06\/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\/","title":{"rendered":"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\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\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 -Newport News Division<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/strong><\/td>\nIn 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call number<\/strong><\/td>\nCivil Action Case # 489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date from<\/strong><\/td>\n1956<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date to<\/strong><\/td>\n1958<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geographic school<\/strong><\/td>\nNewport News, 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 Public schools<\/p>\n

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

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

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education–Trials, litigation, etc.<\/p>\n

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

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 District courts–Virginia<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public schools–Virginia–Newport News<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 United States. Circuit Courts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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\u00a0 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. … <\/p>\n

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