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On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down.
Six days after it was argued.
Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted
50 years ago today: "School districts must immediately terminate dual school systems based on race and operate only unitary school systems."
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Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Argued: October 23, 1969
Decided: October 29, 1969
Full case name: Beatrice Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation of public schools in the American South. It followed 15 years of delays to integrate by most Southern school boards after the Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.
Argued: October 23, 1969
Decided: October 29, 1969
Full case name: Beatrice Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation of public schools in the American South. It followed 15 years of delays to integrate by most Southern school boards after the Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.
Tue Oct 29, 2019: Handed down on this day, October 29, 1969: Alexander v. Holmes County BoE