HART v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CHARLES COUNTY

Civ. No. 10464.

164 F.Supp. 501 (1958)

Gilbert G. HART, Jr., minor by Mrs. Gilbert G. Hart, Sr., his mother and next friend v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CHARLES COUNTY; Frank B. Wade, President; Mrs. Mary B. Jerkins, Vice-president; Mrs. Frances Dobson; Mosher Wells; Mrs. Dorothea Rees, and C. Paul Barnhart, Superintendent of Schools of Charles County.

United States District Court D. Maryland, Civil Division.

August 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tucker R. Dearing and Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Baltimore, Md., and Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs.

H. Vernon Eney, Robert R. Bair, and Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., for defendants.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

Charles County, in Southern Maryland, began to desegregate its public schools in 1956, one grade a year, starting with the first grade. Four Negro children were admitted to the Indian Head Elementary School in the fall of 1956. Two dropped out during the year, but the other two have persisted; with the approval of their parents and teachers they repeated the first grade and will enter the second grade this fall. No Negro child applied for admission...

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