Edwin Washington Project

EWP 1 Equality

Item

Title

EWP 1 Equality

EWP Equality

Tag

letter, discrimination, pay, teachers, court, education, race, equality, challenges

Place

Virginia

Identifier

1000763

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Date Created

2024-01-07

2024-07-22 19:27:07 +0000

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Publisher

Digitized by Edwin Washington Project

Rights

Loudoun County Public Schools

Language

English

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extracted text

BOARD OF EDUCATION

COUNTY GEORGE FOX
EDNA P. PAYNE, PRESIDENT OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
ANNAPOLIS, MD.

EDNA E.PERRIE,VICE-PRESIDENT

LOTHIAN , MD. ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND RUTH J. MCNELLY
GEORGE T.CROMWELL FINANCIAL SECRETARY

FERNDALE,MD.
DAVID S.JENKINS

ANNAEOEIS) MD, NOAH A.HILLMAN
ALEXANDER W. ANDREWS SRy

SHADY SIDE,MD.

December 26th, 1940

Mr. O, L. Emerick
Division Supsrintendent
Leesburg, Virginia

My dear Mr. Emerick:

Mills won the case before the United States Dist-
riet Court. In my opinion, the deciding point was that the Board of
Education, without a single exception, had made the colored teachers'!
pay lower then the white, which convinced the Judge that we were dis-
criminating against the colored teachers.

After two days on the stand, the Judge ssked me
e very important question which was as follows: Can you truthfully
say that your best colored teacher is not as good as your poorest
white teacher? I am convinced that my answer to this question con-
vinced the Judge of discrimination. On the whole, I believe that the
white teachers of this County are far superior to the colored teachers
but there are a few exceptionsl colorsd teachers who teach exceptional-
ly well and a few ‘of the white teachers who are below the average and
whose teaching is exceptionally poor. I suppose the same thing exists
in most any of the other counties.

I am inclosing a copy of the Judge's Opinion.

Sincerely yours,

¢

Geor Fox
GF/S County Superintendent

Item sets

EWP 01 Civil Rights

Media

1000763_EWP_Equality.pdf