Edwin Washington Project

EWPPetition(4)

Item

Title

EWPPetition(4)

EWP Petition (4)

Tag

education, civil rights, equality, history, teachers, principals, Supreme Court, 14th Amendment, systemic change, justice

Place

Virginia

Identifier

1000782

Is Version Of

1000782_EWP_Petition_(4).JPG

1000782_EWP_Petition_(4).pdf

Is Part Of

Petitions

Date Created

1/7/24

2024-07-22 19:27:14 +0000

Format

Jpeg Image

Number

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0986080374aba1b41883375c104f4aa10c792d277c03109a58bacc2753a0b8fc

a0bd509a64cd7591a986c5fda4103a260434009f348e9bc9282fce0b173db4ea

Source

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Publisher

Digitized by Edwin Washington Project

Rights

Loudoun County Public Schools

Language

English

Replaces

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extracted text

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Superintendent of Schools of Norfolk, declared that the maintenance

of a salary schédule which fixes differentials in pay for teachers

and principals of equal qualifications and eZ tzperience, performing

essentially the same duties and services, when these differentials



are based solely on race or color, is in violation of both the

due process and the equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment

to the Constitution of the United States. On October 28,1940, the





Sunreme Court of the United Stotes deniled the application of the
Norfolk School Board and its Superintendent for a writ of

certiorari to review said decision.

In making this petition petitioners are cognizant that this

unconstitutional salary differential was not initiated by you and

that the case above referred to is the first pronouncement by a

higher Federal Court that such practice is unconstitutional, They

do feel, however, that now since this gquestion has

been adjudicated|,

you will no longer wish to maintain a onractice which not only is

in contravention of our democratic ideals, but which 1s also un-

constitutional; and that you will welcome this opportunity to

change it.

In making this request for a single standard of pay and for the
equaligation of salaries petitioners wish to make it clear that

¥t
is not their ‘desire that this

fact be accomplished by reduction of

the pay of any of ti k inci
nNas a of the teachers, princinals or supervisors employed
by the Loudoun County School Board

Respectfully,

Loudoun County Teachersz Association

Pre51dent

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Secretary

Item sets

EWP 04 Faculty Staff and PTAs

Media

1000782_EWP_Petition_(4).pdf