ROLES v. SCHOOL BOARD

No. 6.

61 F.Supp. 395 (1945)

ROLES v. SCHOOL BOARD OF CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS et al.

District Court, E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

May 25, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Ransom, of Washington, D. C., and R. Wendell Walker, of Newport News, Va., for plaintiffs.

Allan D. Jones and Charles E. Ford, both of Newport News, Va., for defendants.


HUTCHESON, District Judge.

In 1942 a suit was instituted by the plaintiffs, Dorothy E. Roles and Newport News Negro Teachers' Association against the School Board of the City of Newport News, and Joseph H. Saunders, Superintendent of Schools of Newport News. Complainants alleged: That Dorothy E. Roles, a person of African descent and of Negro blood, is a teacher in the public schools maintained and operated by the School Board of the City of Newport News; that the...

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