Ladson v. Board of Education

Can a high school student who has satisfactorily completed her studies, and is not a threat to the orderliness of her class graduation ceremony, be punished for separate school misconduct by being barred from that ceremony?

Anna Ladson, 18 years old and black, was completing her senior year at Freeport High School. On March 8, 1971, the school was evacuated for a bomb threat, and stonings between white and black students were charged to have occurred. In the midst of this, Miss Ladson was said to have struck and threatened William McElroy, the high school Principal.

As a result, Miss Ladson was…