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• Gong Lum v. Rice:​ The Forgotten Case for Equal Education​ ​in the Jim Crow South - Gong Lum v. Rice

  A research compilation of the landmark Supreme Court case, Gong Lum v. Rice.

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  Gong Lum v. Rice:​ The Forgotten Case for Equal Education​ ​in the Jim Crow South

• Introduction - Gong Lum v. Rice:​ The Forgotten Case for Equal Education​ ​in the Jim Crow South

  Jeu Gong Lum, an illegal immigrant from China, who came through Canada in 1904, married Kate, an eighteen-year-old domestic servant in Mississippi. They started a family very shortly after. The Lums.....

• Text of Gong Lum v. Rice - Gong Lum v. Rice:​ The Forgotten Case for Equal Education​ ​in the Jim

  Text of Gong Lum v. Rice Image Above: “The Taft Court. Supreme Court of the United States”. Former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft seated first row, middle. Courtesy of supremecourthis...

• Research - Gong Lum v. Rice:​ The Forgotten Case for Equal Education​ ​in the Jim Crow South

  Research Image Above: "Jeu Gong and Kate Lum, 1918." Courtesy of Alvin Gee and the Lum Family. "Although Gong Lum was argued before the Court decades ago, the case is still relevant today, because...

• Legacy - Gong Lum v. Rice:​ The Forgotten Case for Equal Education​ ​in the Jim Crow South

  After the Lums lost, an uncle in Michigan took the children, but neglected them. Kate moved them home and across the Mississippi River into Arkansas, to attend public school there.  Other Chinese in.....