Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
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Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education was an 1899 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation in public education by allowing a Georgia county to close a Black high school while maintaining white schools, reinforcing the “separate but equal” doctrine later challenged in Brown v. Board of Education.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education canonical | 3 |
| Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 175 U.S. 528 (1899) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T181546 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education Context triple: [Plessy v. Ferguson, relatedCase, Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education]
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Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
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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Sweatt v. Painter
Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged racial segregation in higher education and helped lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.
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Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
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D.
Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.
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E.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education Target entity description: Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education was an 1899 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation in public education by allowing a Georgia county to close a Black high school while maintaining white schools, reinforcing the “separate but equal” doctrine later challenged in Brown v. Board of Education.
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A.
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
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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B.
Sweatt v. Painter
Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged racial segregation in higher education and helped lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.
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C.
Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
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D.
Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.
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E.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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education law case ⓘ legal case ⓘ segregation case ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases on civil rights
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United States Supreme Court cases on education ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases on equal protection ⓘ |
| citation | 175 U.S. 528 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
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| contributedTo | legal foundation for segregated school systems prior to 1954 ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1899 ⓘ |
| defendant | Richmond County Board of Education ⓘ |
| educationLevelInvolved | high school ⓘ |
| effect |
limited federal judicial intervention in local school funding decisions
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reinforced legality of segregated schooling in the Jim Crow era ⓘ |
| held |
a county could discontinue a public high school for Black students while maintaining schools for white students
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federal courts should defer to local school authorities in matters of taxation and school administration absent clear constitutional violations ⓘ racial segregation in public education was permissible under the U.S. Constitution at that time ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early Supreme Court approval of racially segregated public education
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helped entrench separate but equal doctrine in education ⓘ |
| issue |
Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause
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linked to:
Equal Protection Clause
closure of Black public high school ⓘ funding of public schools ⓘ racial segregation in public education ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Georgia
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linked to:
U.S. state of Georgia
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| laterChallengedBy | Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| legalArea |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| legalDoctrine | separate but equal ⓘ |
| location | Richmond County, Georgia ⓘ |
| overruledInEffectBy | Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| parties |
J. W. Cumming et al.
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Richmond County Board of Education ⓘ |
| plaintiffs | Black taxpayers of Richmond County, Georgia ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Plessy v. Ferguson
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linked to:
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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| precedentFor | upholding racial segregation in public schools ⓘ |
| racePolicy |
closure of Black public high school
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maintenance of white public high school ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Brown v. Board of Education
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Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
linked to:
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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| subjectMatter |
allocation of school funds by race
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public school taxation ⓘ |
| timeframe | 19th-century United States case law ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Jim Crow era
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linked to:
Jim Crow laws
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education Description of subject: Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education was an 1899 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation in public education by allowing a Georgia county to close a Black high school while maintaining white schools, reinforcing the “separate but equal” doctrine later challenged in Brown v. Board of Education.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
J. W. Cumming et al.
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caseCitation
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Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 175 U.S. 528 (1899)
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linked to: Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education