Legal Opinion
Kerr v. Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1945No. 5273PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This suit is brought by Louise Kerr, a young Negress, who complains that she has been refused admission to a library training class conducted by The Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City to prepare persons for staff positions in the Central Library and its branches. It is charged that the Library is performing a governmental function and that she was rejected in conformity with the uniform policy of the library corporation to exclude all persons of the colored race from the training school, and that by this action the State of Maryland deprives her of the equal…
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