Bossier Parish School Board v. Ura Bernard Lemon

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1967-02-06

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WISDOM, Circuit Judge: This Court has had to deal with a variety of reasons that school boards have managed to dredge up to rationalize their denial of the constitutional right of Negro school children to equal educational opportunities with white children. This ease presents a new and bizzare excuse. Here the alleged reason for the admitted discrimination is that the Negro chil…

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