1. Green v. County School Board, (1968)
2. Facts: A small school district had a racially desegregated population, but the “freedom of choice” rule had done very little to promote desegregation of the schools. No whites had gone to the predominantly black school, and few blacks were attending the white school.
3. Issue: Whether the freedom of choice plan was an adequate compliance with the desegregation mandates of Brown II.
4. Holding: No.
5. Reasoning: The racial identification of the schools between white and black had remained completely intact. The goal of Brown was to transition to a single, non-racial school system. Clearly, the school board here has not acheived that goal. There has been too much delay in the implementation of Brown II remedies, and it is up to the school board to take more aggressive action. Freedom of choice is unacceptable because its practical effect is to maintain the status quo.
