Alton in Madison County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Scott Bibb and the Alton School Desegregation Case
(1897-1908)
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 24, 2019
1. Scott Bibb and the Alton School Desegregation Case Marker
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Scott Bibb and the Alton School Desegregation Case. Scott Bibb (1855-1909) was the plaintiff in the Alton School Case, a series of lawsuits that sought to retain Alton's desegregated schools, which had existed in Alton from 1872 to 1897, a short-lived outcome of the Reconstruction era. When Alton City officials re-established segregated schools in the fall of 1897, the African-American Community resisted en masse. Bibb brought suite in The People of the State of Illinois, Ex-rel., Scott Bibb vs. The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Alton. Over the next 11 years the lawsuit was appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court 5 ties. In 1908 the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bibb, but Alton failed to implement the orders of the court, denying African-American students access to white schools. It would take another 50 years before the education system in that city would be desegregated once again.
Scott Bibb (1855-1909) was the plaintiff in the Alton School Case, a series of lawsuits that sought to retain Alton's desegregated schools, which had existed in Alton from 1872 to 1897, a short-lived outcome of the Reconstruction era. When Alton City officials re-established segregated schools in the fall of 1897, the African-American Community resisted en masse. Bibb brought suite in The People of the State of Illinois, Ex-rel., Scott Bibb vs. The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Alton. Over the next 11 years the lawsuit was appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court 5 ties. In 1908 the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bibb, but Alton failed to implement the orders of the court, denying African-American students access to white schools. It would take another 50 years before the education system in that city would be desegregated once again.
Erected 2017 by Lewis and Clark Community College; The Illinois State Historical Society.
W. Marker is in Alton, Illinois, in Madison County. It is at the intersection of East 5th Street and Central Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East 5th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1004 East 5th Street, Alton IL 62002, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 24, 2019
2. Scott Bibb and the Alton School Desegregation Case Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 951 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 2, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
