...Belton vs. Gebhart (Bulah vs. Gebhart) - Delaware: African-American parents part of a suburb in Claymont were quite frustrated to see their children forced to travel a twenty mile round-trip to and from Howard High School. According to https://brownvboard.org/, “Howard High School located in an undesirable section of Wilmington. Not only was the distance an adverse, class size, teacher qualifications in terms of advanced degrees, and the incomplete curriculum also angered African American parents.” Howard High School, a school that was in terrible condition and offered low-quality education, is an example of the type of schools African-Americans were forced to attend. What’s even more unfair and cruel was that there was a good, well maintained...
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...Gebhart (Bulah v. Gebhart) in Delaware. African American children could not, by law, attend Claymount High School, which was in suburban area, and it was closer to the homes to most of the African American children. Furthermore, they were transported daily on a 20 mile road trip to Howard High School. Students who were interested in vocational training courses had to walk several blocks to the run walk several blocks to the run-down Carver annex. This caused African American parents, (including Ethel Belton) to sought help from Attorney Louis Redding. He also the tooke the case of Sarah Bulah in March 1951. Sarah wanted her adopted daughter to have an equal opportunity in education as the rest of the white children, and to ride in the same bus. Her daughter attended an old one-room schoolhouse designated for African American children. She wrote a letter to the Department of Public Instruction and to the Governors to share her concerns. However, their reply stated that colored children could not ride with white children. Their case name...
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