Green v. County School Board of New Kent County

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In the 1968 Green v. County School Board of New Kent County decision, the Supreme Court of the United States abandoned the “all deliberate speed” mandate of Brown II (1955) and demanded immediate integration of schools. Black plaintiffs in New Kent County had filed suit in 1965 with assistance from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). New Kent County maintained two school systems despite the federal mandate; black students attended Watkins School, while white students attended New Kent School. After Green, integrated schools were defined not only by their student bodies, but also by their faculties and staffs.

Department of Historic Resources, 2005

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

Brian Daugherity, “The NAACP and the Campaign for School Desegregation in Virginia” (Ph.D. dissertation in-progress, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA); Dr. Calvin C. Green Oral interview, October 9, 2001, by Brian Daugherity and Jody Allen; Lassiter and Lewis, editors, The Moderates’ Dilemma: Massive Resistance to School Desegregation in Virginia (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia), 1998; Robert Pratt, The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-89 (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia), 1992; Susan Cianci Salvatore, “New Kent School and George W. Watkins School” (New Kent County, Virginia) National Historic Landmark Nomination, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the interior, National Park Service, 2001; Waldo Martin, Vicki Ruiz, Patricia Sullivan and Harvard Sitkoff, Racial Desegregation in Public Education in the United States Theme Study (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service), 2000; New Kent School, National Historic Landmark Archives File (063-0318), Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, Virginia; George Watkins School, National Historic Landmark Archives File (063-5011), Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, Virginia.