1. By Austin Martin
& Matthew Starling
Mrs. Washington
Government
1-31-13

2. Lee v. Macon

3. When did this case take place?
• Case filed on January of 1963
• Plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in July
of 1963
• Motion granted by the district judge in the following
August
• Also a general desegregation plan was ordered to be
submitted by December of 1963
• They were still denying Negros of entering schools on
September 9, 1963
• The court ordered a restraining order in February of
1964 to allow them to enter

4. Who was involved in this case?
• Anthony T. LEE and Henry A. Lee, by
Detroit Lee and Hattie M. Lee, their
parents and next friends, et al., Plaintiffs,
• United States of America, Plaintiff and
Amicus Curiae,
• v.
• MACON COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION et al., Defendants.

5. What was this case about?
• African Americans were still being denied
access to go to school, and Wallace still
didn’t want to desegregate schools.
• The case was about their right to go to
school and their right to privacy
• The case is still in use today, and is taught
to teachers every year

6. Where did this court case take
place?
• It took place in Tuskegee, Macon County,
Alabama
• It takes effect in all of Alabama currently

7. Why did this happen?
• The students parents wanted their children
to have the best education possible
• Desegregation had taken place in most of
the United States, yet Alabama had still
not caught up with the program
• Wallace didn’t want to desegregate the
school system and tried everything in his
power to prevent it

8. How was the verdict decided?
• There was a restraining order placed
• Parents pursued their goal to achieve
righteousness until accomplished
• Press became involved and broadcasted it
until others joined their cause
• The grand Jury discussed the
circumstances and ruled in their favor

9. Our opinion
• Alabama was behind the program and it
was only a matter of time before the case
arose
• Civil Rights were achieved and it plays an
important part still in our life today

10. Bibliography
• http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/edu/document
• http://www.fredgray.net/background.html
• http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=