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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Brown v. Board of Education relatedCase Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Brown v. Board of Education consolidatedFrom Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Briggs v. Elliott relatedCase Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County, Virginia associatedWithCourtCase Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
County School Board of Prince Edward County partyToCase Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Robert Russa Moton High School associatedWith Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Robert Russa Moton High School legalCase Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Gebhart v. Belton relatedCase Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Spottswood W. Robinson III notableWork Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Farmville, Virginia associatedWith Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Dorothy E. Davis notableWork Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Dorothy E. Davis participantIn Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Dorothy E. Davis hasLegalCase Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Brown v. Board of Education hasPart Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
subject linked to: Dorothy E. Davis
Barbara Johns participantIn Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Barbara Johns participantIn Brown v. Board of Education (historical context)
linked to: Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County