Three Judge Court Appeal, 1967-1968
Scope and Contents
The series primarily contains court documents in the Hobson v. Hansen case, originally filed in 1966, which challenged pupil tracking and expenditure inequities in D.C. public schools. Significant persons mentioned include attorney William Kunstler, plaintiffs’ attorney, and Judge Skelly Wright who ordered the D.C. school system to end de facto segregation in 1967. Court papers include court decisions, exhibits, depositions, interrogatories, and various motions in the U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. The series also contains statistics gathered by Hobson to support the litigation, correspondence among parties involved in the case, reports, clippings, newsletters, and press releases.
Dates
- Creation: 1967-1968
Creator
- From the Collection: Hobson, Julius W. (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Series 3 thru Series 10:boxes 6 through 37 are currently being digitized and will be inaccessible until late 2024.
Extent
From the Collection: 107 Boxes
From the Collection: 51 Linear feet
Repository Details
Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository