Rosedale · 21 November 1927
Gong Lum v. Rice
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Gong Lum v. Rice, 275 U.S. 78 (1927)
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where the issue is as between white pupils and the pupils of the yellow races
Shows the Supreme Court extending segregation doctrine to Chinese pupils.
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Source-ledger reading; no independent human or community review.
Independent proof of the alleged board order, facilities, attendance after exclusion, or local implementation outside the pleaded record.
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What did the United States Supreme Court settle?
It affirmed the state judgment, treating the question as one of classification between white pupils and pupils it called of the yellow races within a school system the Court accepted as separable. It is a decision about the constitutionality of that classification, not a finding about the Lum family's circumstances.