Title

Lumpkin et al. v. Dempsey et al. complaint

Authors

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-20-1970

Abstract

This school segregation complaint was filed by plaintiffs Mae Willie Lumpkin, Helen Vernell Johnson, Barbara Henderson and Mary Diaz against John Dempsey, Governor of Connecticut, John Dempsey, on behalf of their fifteen children and the other non-white children of Hartford. Under the Thirteen and Fourteenth amendments in the United States Constitution and the 1965 education amendment to the Connecticut constitution, plaintiffs argue that their children did not receive guaranteed equal educational opportunities, in comparison to their suburban counterparts.

Comments

Submitted as part of the Cities, Suburbs and Schools project for the On The Line web-book by Jack Dougherty and colleagues.

Recommended Citation

Lumpkin et al. v. Dempsey et al. complaint (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1970). Available from the Trinity College Digital Repository, Hartford, Connecticut (http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu)