Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation of public schools in the American South. It followed 15 years of delays to integrate by most Southern school boards after the Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.
| Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued October 23, 1969 Decided October 29, 1969 | |
| Full case name | Beatrice Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education |
| Citations | 396 U.S. 19 (more) 90 S. Ct. 29; 24 L. Ed. 2d 19 |
| Holding | |
| The still segregated southern schools must desegregate immediately. | |
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| Case opinion | |
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| Laws applied | |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | |
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