Rosedale · 11 May 1925
The Mississippi Supreme Court reverses the admission order
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The legislature is not compelled to provide separate schools for each of the colored races, and, unless and until it does provide such schools and provide for segregation of the other races, such races are entitled to have the benefit of the colored public schools.
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Rice v. Gong Lum, 139 Miss. 760, 104 So. 105 (1925)
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The legislature is not compelled to provide separate schools for each of the colored races, and, unless and until it does provide such schools and provide for segregation of the other races, such races are entitled to have the benefit of the colored public schools.
In 1925, the Mississippi Supreme Court placed the Chinese school litigants within the colored public-school system under its reading of state law.
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This establishes the court’s ruling, not an independent account of attendance or facilities.
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What did the Mississippi Supreme Court decide?
It reversed the admission order, on the reasoning that the legislature need not provide a separate school for each group classed as colored, and that until it does, such groups may be sent to the colored public schools. The court decided where the state could require her to go; it did not decide that she attended anywhere.