EWP 1 Parker (3)

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Title
EWP 1 Parker (3)
EWP Parker (3)
Tag
legal, document, racial discrimination, salaries, teachers, Norfolk, Virginia, 1939, 1940, African American, high school, unequal pay, civil rights, systemic racism, education, public school
Place
Virginia
Identifier
1000771
Is Version Of
1000771_EWP_Parker_(3).JPG
1000771_EWP_Parker_(3).pdf
Is Part Of
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Date Created
2024-01-07
2024-07-22 19:27:10 +0000
Format
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Number
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/Access Files/jpg to pdf/need to upload or replc files to omeka/1000771_EWP_Parker_(3).pdf
Publisher
Digitized by Edwin Washington Project
Rights
Loudoun County Public Schools
Language
English
Replaces
/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest One/1 Civil Rights/LCPS_African_Educ_Folder/EWP_Parker_(3).JPG
extracted text
ea well _an loapn vel, n]l,wb}ge male teachers in Norfolk who hold the said
L ® = - S

the salary paid the plaint =

& ?lh. White male high school teachers employed by defendants whose
qual11}catlogs, certification, duties and services are the same as plaintiff's
are being paid by defendants a minimum annual salary of Twelve Hundred ($1200.
00) Dollars.

vices this school year as a regular male high school té£é53%°35°a§8?e§a§d°afi
annual salary of Nine Hundred and Twenty-one ($921.,00) Dollars, being the
amount fixed by defendants for Negro male high school teachers in their frfth
vear of teaching experience and solely because of the practice, usage and
custom complained of in paragraph 11 of this complaint, and by the operation
of the discriminatory salary schedule described in paragraphs 16 and 17 of
this complaint the plaintiffs have been, are, and unless relief shall be
granted by this Honorable Court as hereinafter prayed, will continue hie e
denied, solely by reason of race and color the opportunity to receive a high-
er salary equal to that paid to any white teachers similarly situated,

n16, Pursuant to the policy, custom and usage set out in para-
graph 12 the defendants acting as agents and agencies of the Commonwealth
of Virginia have established and maintained a salary schedule used by them
to fix the amount of compensation for teachers and principals in the public
schools of Norfolk which discriminates against plaintiffs solely because of
their race or color, All teachers and principals in the public schools of
Norfolk, including the plaintiffs, have been, are being and will continue
to be paid by defendants pursuant to the following salary schedule adopted,
maintained and being enforced by the defendants for the school ycar 1939-1940:

Maximum salary being

Salaries now paid (affecting only
being paid those in system before
teachers new increment plan was
Negro to the system. discontinued,
Elementary
Normal Certificate § 597.50 $ 960,10
Degree 611,00 960,00
High School ¢ i
Women 699,00 1,105,20
Men 784450 1,235,00

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