Letter from the Division Superintendent, dated December 20, 1940, to Superintendent George Fox, reference the appeals court decision pertaining to salaries for colored versus white teachers.
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Salaries, Appeals Court Decision
letter, discrimination, teacher salaries, race, court decision, Mills v. Board of Education, Judge Chestnut, salary equality, education, racial disparities
I noté_in s Federal Court decision in a case
originating in Virginia over the question of unlawful
discriminetion in the sala-ies of teachers on account of
race or color theat reerence is mede to a decision or
opinion by Judge Chestnut in the case of Mi1lsV. Dosrd of
Educaetion of Ann Arundel Countys,
I shall appreeciate very much you kindness if you
wlll give me the important points of this case. I am
partiéularly interested to know whether the court in rendering
an opihion favorable to the colored teachers set any time limit
within which the saleries of white and colored teechers hed to
be e@ualised»
