Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County

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Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County was a landmark civil rights case challenging racial segregation in Virginia’s public schools that became one of the five cases consolidated into the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights case ⓘ
court case ⓘ
school desegregation case ⓘ
aim to end racially segregated public schools in Prince Edward County ⓘ
to obtain equal educational opportunities for Black students ⓘ
associatedInstitution Robert Russa Moton High School ⓘ
consolidatedInto Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvoked Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Prince Edward County ⓘ
court United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ
decisionYear 1952 ⓘ
defendant County School Board of Prince Edward County ⓘ
Superintendent of Schools of Prince Edward County ⓘ
field civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
historicalEra Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
impact advanced school desegregation in the United States ⓘ
became a key component of Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia

United States ⓘ
laterReviewedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
leadOrganization NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
legalDoctrineChallenged separate but equal ⓘ
legalIssue Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
constitutionality of segregated schools ⓘ
racial segregation in public schools ⓘ
location Farmville, Virginia ⓘ
Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ
oneOfCasesIn Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
originatedFrom student strike at Robert Russa Moton High School ⓘ
partOf Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
plaintiff Black students of Prince Edward County ⓘ
Dorothy E. Davis ⓘ
precedentChallenged Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
relatedCase Bolling v. Sharpe ⓘ
Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ⓘ
Gebhart v. Belton ⓘ
linked to: Briggs v. Elliott
representedBy NAACP attorneys ⓘ
linked to: NAACP
significance contributed to the Supreme Court’s ruling that segregated public schools are unconstitutional ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
subjectMatter civil rights of African Americans ⓘ
public education ⓘ
school segregation ⓘ
timePeriod early 1950s ⓘ

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