Metropolitan County Board of Education v. Kelley Brief in Opposition to Certiorari

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January 1, 1972

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Date is approximate. Metropolitan County Board of Education of Nashville and Davidson County, TN v. Kelley Brief in Opposition to Certiorari

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  • Press Releases, Volume 5. Employment Discrimination Against a Negro School Teacher in Tallahassee, Fla. (telegram), 1968. 7a86e6e4-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/ca72de6f-a43f-4543-a1b5-5d448fcf1b35/employment-discrimination-against-a-negro-school-teacher-in-tallahassee-fla-telegram. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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BOOK THREE (3) COPIES 
September 3, 1968 

torneys for the NAACP Legal Defense and 

taday, September 3, appealed a case 

th Circuit charging the 

against a Negro school teacher here. LDF attorney 

filed the appeal on behalf of Mrs. Christine 

iness educ: cher at all-Negro Lincoln 

In 1966 Mrs. Knowles requested a 

4 ntly white schools-—-Leon, Lively or 

she said, they were better equipped for her a 

When the Board refused to consi 

she filed a complaint 

and assignment of tex 

her request for transfer, 

alleging raci iscrimination in the hiring 

1ers in Leon County. 

While awaiting action by the U.S. District Court for the 

Sir Mietrict of Florida, Mrs. Knowles sent in her resignation. 

He told the school superintendent that she @uld not accept the 

sition offered her at Lincoln High because of the pending 

decision. 

The sct 001 board accepted her 
her tha 

signation without qualification 
she was no longer a part of the school system. 

The court later 
receive consideration of 
segregation wa i i 

transfer to a 

d that e had no constitutional right to 
1er request for transfer, that faculty 

ible at the time of appellant's request for 

The court also re 
school system. 

her request, reinstatement into the 

LDF attorney Robinson said that the appeal filed today seeks to 

get Mrs. Knowles reinstated and have the court order that she be 

considered for transfer. 

For. further information please contact Attorney Earl M. 

fohnson and/or Attorney Reese Marshall of Jacksonville, Florida at 

} BL-55196, sa = ox 

Jesse DeVore, Director 
Public Information 

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Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is a separate, distinct 

and different organization from the NAACP, Its cor= 

rect designation is: NAACP Legal Defense and Educa- 

tional Fund, Inc., which is frequently shortened to 

LDF. 

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