Shirley Bulah Stamps

Shirley Barbara Bulah Stamps (January 30, 1944-June 2003) was a nurse in the army and reverend whose family won a desegregation case in Wilmington, Delaware over school segregation.[1]

Shirley Stamps
Born	(1944-01-30)January 30, 1944
Died	2003 (2004)
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Nurse

She was denied busing as a child and prohibited from attending the segregated school for white students in her area.[2]

She was adopted when 10 months old by Fred and Sarah Bulah.[3] Fred had to drive her two miles to a school for blacks in a Wilmington suburb while the school bus passed by her house each day on its way to the segregated school for white students.[3] Her mom contacted attorney Louis L. Redding for help when her appeals to the state school officials were rejected due to segregation. They won their 1951 case and it was upheld by the Delaware Supreme Court.[2]

She married Phillip E. Stamps and they had a son Phillip Jr. as well as three grandchildren.[4]

The National Park Service published an August 16, 2001, video interview of her discussing her desegregation experiences.[5]

See also

• Brown v Board of Education

References

1. "Shirley Bulah". The Herald. 2003-06-09. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
2. Martin, Douglas (4 June 2003). "Shirley B. Stamps Dies at 59; Won '54 Desegregation Case (Published 2003)". The New York Times.
3. "Wilmington, Delaware - Separate Is Not Equal". americanhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
4. Ricks-Stamps, René Michelle (2019-05-14). "Brown v. Board at 65: René Michelle Ricks-Stamps Recalls Delaware's Deep Segregation — and Her Grandmother's Outrage in Seeing School Buses Skip Her Home". Retrieved 2025-01-02.
5. "Video (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-02.