Gibbs v. Broome, et al/1931 Courthouse

Gibbs v. Broome, et al/1931 Courthouse (HMT6M)

Location: Rockville, MD 20850 Montgomery County
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N 39° 5.038', W 77° 9.102'

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27 Courthouse Square

— Rockville's African American Heritage Walking Tour —

Should you receive the same pay for doing the same work? William B. Gibbs, teacher and principal of the Rockville Colored Elementary School, thought so, but he had to take the issue to court.

African American teachers had to meet the same qualifications as their White peers but received only half the salary. Gibbs petitioned the Board of Education for equal pay, but the Board denied his petition. Gibbs filed a suit in Montgomery County Circuit Court in 1936.

NAACP attorneys Thurgood Marshall (who later became the nation's first African American Supreme Court Justice) and Charles Houston (then Vice Dean of Howard University Law School) represented Mr. Gibbs. County School Superintendent Edwin Boome settled out of court, phasing in equal pay over a two-year period. The year after the case was filed, William Gibbs was fired from the Montgomery County School System.
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HM NumberHMT6M
Series This marker is part of the Maryland: Rockville's African American Heritage Walking Tour series
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Marker Number2
Placed ByCity of Rockville Historic District Commission, Dept. of Community Planning and Development Services
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 1:31am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 313891 N 4328298
Decimal Degrees39.08396667, -77.15170000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 5.038', W 77° 9.102'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 5' 2.28" N, 77° 9' 6.12" W
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Area Code(s)240, 301, 410, 202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2-100 E Montgomery Ave, Rockville MD 20850, US
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