Black v. Lenderman

Appellants, Black and Ills children of school age within the statutes of the State, instituted this action in the chancery court of Montgomery County against the directors of the school district in which they resided, to restrain the directors from denying them the privilege of attending the only school maintained in the district, being a school maintained for white children. The children were denied the privilege of attending the school on the ground that they are not of the white or Caucasian race; that they have a trace of negro blood, and are “colored children” within the meaning of the…