Supreme Court Race Case Looms Over North Carolina Schools
A column previews the impending U S Supreme Court ruling on race separation in public schools. It outlines North Carolina laws preserving segregated schooling for white, colored, Croatan, Cherokee of Robeson, and Cubans populations, and notes the case may affect these provisions. The piece discusses constitutional verses and statutory duties governing race based school separation.
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United States Supreme Court
District of Columbia
United
North Carolina
Lowery
N. C
Supreme Court of
Richmond
Robeson
Sampson
General Statutes of
County Board of Education
Robeson County
Person County
Supreme Court of the United States
Racial Segregation Laws in North Carolina Schools and Transit
Analysis of state statutes and constitutional provisions on racial segregation in North Carolina. Discusses private institutions versus state action under the Fourteenth Amendment, railroad and motor carrier segregation laws, and streetcar seating rules. Notes NC Supreme Court guidance in State v Johnson and interracial marriage provisions, plus zoning concerns in Clinard v Winston-Salem.
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Supreme Court of North Carolina
State Vs
Lina
North Carolina
Clinard
City of
Local leaders challenge racial zoning ordinance in 1940s debate
Dr Harold Myer and Tom Hines along with Lonnie Powell Evelyn McNeely and local parks officials warned the ordinance infringes the Federal Constitution. The court noted the measure ties property sales and leasing to race and could bar inheritance based residence, affecting whites and Blacks alike in mixed neighborhoods.
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Harold Myer
North Carolina Recreation Review
Tom Hines
N. C. State College
Lonnie Powell
Evelyn McNeely
Parks and Recreation
State Police Powers and Federal Constitution Clash
The ordinance violated the Federal Constitution and was deemed beyond the police power as state authority must stop where it encroaches on constitutional protection.
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the Utilities Commission
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North Carolina Recreation Society
Blair Park
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