Edwin Washington Project

EWPIMAG0010

Item

Title

EWPIMAG0010

Place

Virginia

Identifier

1008165

Is Version Of

1008165_EWP_IMAG0010.JPG

Is Part Of

Petitions

Date Created

1/7/24

Format

Jpeg Image

Number

5114dc45aa2ab2df510401e38c8bd407c470dee6bce03c5f6983d047dd337f46

Source

/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/Access Files/Upload temp/1008165_EWP_IMAG0010.JPG

Publisher

Digitized by Edwin Washington Project

Rights

Loudoun County Public Schools

Language

English

Replaces

/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest One/15 Clubs Fairs Contests Sports Music/15-5_County_Wide_Leagues/Loudoun_CWL/1-1-2a Yr 1940 County Wide League Petition/EWP_IMAG0010.JPG

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Superintendent of Schools of Norfolk, declared that the maintenance

of a salary schedule which fixes differentials in pay for teachers,

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nd principals of equal qualifications and experience, performing
essentially the same duties and serviees, when these differentials
are based solely on race or color, is in violation of bothethe

due process and the gonal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment
to the Constitution of the United States. On October 28,1940, the
gupreme Court of the United States denied the application of the
Norfolk School Beard and its Superintendent for a writ of
certiorari to review said decision.

ition petitioners are cognigant that this

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do feel, however, that nov since this question:

you will no longer wish to maintain a practice which not only 1is

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

constitutional; and that you will welcome this opportunity to

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be accomplished by
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