Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
After the walkout on April 23, 1951, students refused to attend classes for two weeks. The students asked the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to help their cause. The NAACP decided to take on the Prince Edward case, but the students and parents had to agree to fight for a more significant issue than school conditions: equal rights for black Americans. The students and parents soon agreed, and the Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County case joined with four similar cases from across the nation to become the collective Brown v. Board of Education.
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NAACP Meeting at the First Baptist Church May 3rd, 1951
“Complaint against the Prince Edward County School Board of Virginia.” n.d. National Archives. https://catalog.archives.gov. Accessed March 9th, 2025. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/279098.
The original complaint that was filed by numerous residents of Prince Edward County, Virginia, against their school board for injustices they found in Virginia's policy of segregated schooling. Filed May 23rd, 1951.
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Moton High School students gather around a burned cross in the schoolyard.