Robert Anthony Reed III
Identifier
richardreediii001
Title
Robert Anthony Reed III
Subject
Robert Anthony Reed III
Description
"[W]hen Cleveland student was plaintiff in desegregation case."--photo verso . Robert Anthony Reed III in front of the Cleveland Board of Education . Reed was the first name listed as plaintiff along with fourteen other named plaintiffs in the case Reed v . Rhodes , Case No . C73-1300 . The plaintiffs alleged that the State of Ohio and the Cleveland Public Schools intentionally created and maintained a segregated school system based on race that violated the 14th Amendment rights of black school children . The case was filed on December 12 , 1973 in the United States District Court , Northern District of Ohio . At that time , Reed attended Robert H . Jamison Junior High School , 13905 Harvard Ave . SE , which was 99.6% black . On August 31 , 1976 , Judge Battisti decided that the State of Ohio and the Cleveland Public Schools intentionally created and maintained a segregated school system . Reed v . Rhodes , 422 F.Supp 708 , 796-97 (N.D . Ohio 1976) , aff'd , 662 F.2d 1219 (6th Cir . 1981) . Reed graduated before the Cleveland Public Schools implemented the desegregation plan .
Creator
unknown
Location Depicted
Cleveland (Ohio)
Time Period
Decline and Comeback: 1960-1990
Date Original
1981-09-18
Object Type
black-and-white photographs
Case Name
Reed v. Rhodes
Digital Collection
Legal Landmarks in Cleveland History
Donor
Cole, Joseph E.
Copyright
http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/;
Format
Jpeg
Repository
Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Repository Collection
Cleveland Press
Repository Homepage
http://library.csuohio.edu/speccoll/index.html;
Digital Publisher
Cleveland Memory Project
Further Reading
Peter Almond, Meet Plaintiff in Bias Case - and His Family, Cleveland Press, November 15, 1975. Jane M. Littleton, NAACP Case Decision is Too Late for Pupil Plaintiff, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), September 6, 1976, at 44, 46.
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