Cumming v. County Board of Education

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Cumming v. County Board of Education
John Marshall Harlan
Syllabus

Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 175 U.S. 528 (1899) ("Richmond") was a class action suit decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. It is a landmark case, in that it sanctioned de jure segregation of races in American schools. The Supreme Court overturned its decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

828870Cumming v. County Board of Education — SyllabusJohn Marshall Harlan
Court Documents

United States Supreme Court

175 U.S. 528

Cumming  v.  County Board of Education

 Argued: October 30, 1899. --- Decided: December 18, 1899


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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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