Nelson Stoutmeyer was a Black laborer in Carson City, Nevada. On April 10th, 1871, he asked the Ormsby County public schools’ Board of Trustees to admit his 7-year-old son, David. David met all the requirements for admission, but the Board denied his application because Nevada law excluded Black children from public schools. Nelson filed suit to get David admitted. The three Nevada Supreme Court Justices were divided. Ultimately, the court ruled 2-1 that excluding Black children, like David, from Nevada’s public schools was unconstitutional; however, they held that the state could segregate children by race in separate educational facilities so long as they were given “the same advantages of education.” Nevada’s public schools began admitting Black children.  In 1873, the Nevada Legislature repealed the school statute, formally ending segregation in Nevada’s public schools. [133 words]