Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia

Desegregation of Girard College

Item Set

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  Girard case to be taken to highest court

  1956-11-13
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  Justice vote 5-1 against breaking will

  1956-11-12
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  Court upholds Girard will

  1956-01-06
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  Clark talks it over with Dliworth first

  1955-03-11
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  Girard bars 6 Negro boys

  1954-03-23
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  Girard rejects 6 Negro boys

  1954-03-24
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  Board of Trusts urged to quit in Girard row

  1953-07-14
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  Stephen Girard's will

  1953-07-07
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  Strong reactions to Girard case

  1953-07-10
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  Girard College to appeal to U.S. high court

  1968-03-11
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  Girard College to appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

  1968-03-12
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  Negroes seek to avert stay of Girard ruling

  1968-03-26
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  Negro boys win appeal round in Girard College dispute

  1968-03-08
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  Trustees ask U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Girard College case

  1968-04-18
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  Circuit court agrees to hear Girard case

  1967-11-03
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  Legal notices

  1967-09-25
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  Girard trustees win stay of ruling

  1967-09-17
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  Girard group plans a more militant policy

  1967-07-06
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  Girard board asks stay pending appeal hearing

  1967-08-21
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  State asked to reveal cost of Girard suit

  1967-08-10
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  Girard trustees file notice of court appeal

  1967-07-20
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  Judge's ruling holding Girard's exclusion of Negroes unconstitutional

  1967-07-06
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  City, state tell U.S. court of public benefits to Girard

  1967-04-25
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  Objectors' suit on Girard is dismissed

  1967-05-25
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  Girard must take Negroes, court rules

  1967-07-05