Judge Justice rules that Texas must desegregate its schools
Federal judge William Wayne Justice, who moved to Tyler after being named U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas in 1961 and was appointed a U.S. district judge in 1968, ruled in United States v. Texas (1970) that the Texas Education Agency must desegregate public schools.
Sources
- Handbook of Texas: Justice, William Waynetshaonline.org
In 1961 President John F. Kennedy selected William Wayne Justice to serve as U. S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
He and his family then moved to Tyler, Texas.
Justice was appointed as a U. S. district judge by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.
Justice’s ruling in the case United States v. Texas (1970), which ordered the Texas Education Agency to desegregate public schools
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