Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education

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United States Supreme Court case civil rights case

Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that accelerated school desegregation by requiring immediate rather than gradual integration of public schools.

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Label	Occurrences
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education canonical	3
Alexander v. Holmes County Bd. of Educ.	1

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Target entity: Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Context triple: [Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, precedentOf, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education]

A. Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that held individuals are protected from retaliation when they complain about sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funding.
B. Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education was a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the use of race in public school student assignment plans as part of broader litigation over voluntary school desegregation.
C. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the use of busing and broad equitable powers by federal courts to achieve racial desegregation in public schools.
D. Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a Virginia county could not close its public schools and fund private segregation academies to avoid desegregation.
E. Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education was an 1899 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation in public education by allowing a Georgia county to close a Black high school while maintaining white schools, reinforcing the “separate but equal” doctrine later challenged in Brown v. Board of Education.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Target entity description: Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that accelerated school desegregation by requiring immediate rather than gradual integration of public schools.

A. Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that held individuals are protected from retaliation when they complain about sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funding.
B. Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education was a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the use of race in public school student assignment plans as part of broader litigation over voluntary school desegregation.
C. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the use of busing and broad equitable powers by federal courts to achieve racial desegregation in public schools.
D. Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a Virginia county could not close its public schools and fund private segregation academies to avoid desegregation.
E. Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education was an 1899 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation in public education by allowing a Georgia county to close a Black high school while maintaining white schools, reinforcing the “separate but equal” doctrine later challenged in Brown v. Board of Education.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ civil rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	United States civil rights law ⓘ United States constitutional law ⓘ
category	United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court ⓘ linked to: United States Supreme Court cases
citation	396 U.S. 19 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Equal Protection Clause
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1969-10-29 ⓘ
decisionType	per curiam opinion ⓘ
effect	accelerated school desegregation in the United States ⓘ required immediate integration of public schools that remained segregated ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	federal court desegregation orders ⓘ
fullName	Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education ⓘ
historicalSignificance	considered a major step in enforcing Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ marked the end of tolerance for gradual desegregation plans in public schools ⓘ
holding	Public schools that had not yet desegregated must terminate dual school systems at once and operate only unitary school systems ⓘ School districts could no longer rely on the standard of "all deliberate speed" for desegregation ⓘ
issue	whether school districts could continue to delay desegregation under prior orders allowing gradual compliance ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
languageOfOpinion	English ⓘ
legalSubject	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ
locationOfOriginatingCase	Holmes County, Mississippi ⓘ
mandate	dual school systems based on race must be ended immediately ⓘ school boards must operate only unitary, nonracial school systems ⓘ
overruledStandard	"all deliberate speed" standard from Brown v. Board of Education II as a basis for delay ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports	19 ⓘ
party	African American schoolchildren in Holmes County, Mississippi ⓘ Holmes County Board of Education ⓘ linked to: Holmes County Consolidated School District United States Department of Justice ⓘ
perCuriam	true ⓘ
precedentFor	later school desegregation enforcement cases ⓘ
regionAffected	Southern United States ⓘ
relatedTo	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ Green v. County School Board of New Kent County ⓘ Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education ⓘ
shortName	Alexander v. Holmes County Bd. of Educ. ⓘ linked to: Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
subjectMatter	public school desegregation ⓘ racial segregation in education ⓘ
term	1969 term of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
timeContext	post–Brown v. Board of Education desegregation era ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	396 ⓘ
yearDecided	1969 ⓘ

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Green v. County School Board of New Kent County → precedentOf → Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education ⓘ

Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education → fullName → Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education ⓘ

Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education → shortName → Alexander v. Holmes County Bd. of Educ. ⓘ

linked to: Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education

County School Board of New Kent County, Virginia → relatedCase → Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education ⓘ

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