Court Case
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
The Supreme Court ordered Southern school districts to end delays and transition immediately from dual school systems to unitary systems.
Year
1969
Impact
Positive
Status
Active
Party
Unknown
Era
Post Civil Rights Era
Impact Context
The ruling accelerated school desegregation after years of slow-walking and resistance across the South.
What This Policy Did
The ruling accelerated school desegregation after years of slow-walking and resistance across the South.
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Sources
Justia • Archive • Oct 29, 1969
Primary decision text mirror
National Archives • Archive
National Archives timeline connecting Brown to later enforcement cases including Alexander.
The Civil Rights Project / UCLA • Academic
Research context on enforcement-era desegregation and the legal push to move from delay to immediate compliance.