Roderick Jackson
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Roderick Jackson is a high school girls’ basketball coach whose sex discrimination complaint led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, which expanded protections against retaliation under Title IX.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roderick Jackson canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
basketball coach
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civil rights litigant ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
Title IX enforcement
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gender equity in school sports ⓘ |
| areaOfActivism |
civil rights in education
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women’s sports equality ⓘ |
| associatedLegalDoctrine | Title IX retaliation protection for whistleblowers ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Birmingham Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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gender equality in sports ⓘ school athletics ⓘ |
| hasCause | retaliation after complaining about unequal resources for girls’ basketball team ⓘ |
| hasLegalRightRecognizedInCase | right to be free from retaliation under Title IX for complaining about sex discrimination ⓘ |
| impactOnLaw | strengthened enforcement mechanisms for Title IX in schools and athletic programs ⓘ |
| influenced |
expansion of legal remedies for individuals reporting sex discrimination in education
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interpretation of Title IX retaliation protections ⓘ |
| knownFor | Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalAction |
alleged unequal treatment of girls’ basketball team compared to boys’ team
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filed a Title IX sex discrimination complaint ⓘ |
| notableFor | establishing that individuals can sue for retaliation under Title IX even if they are not the direct victims of discrimination ⓘ |
| notableWork | sex discrimination complaint leading to Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education ⓘ |
| occupation | high school girls’ basketball coach ⓘ |
| participantIn | Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | plaintiff in Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
U.S. Supreme Court review of his Title IX retaliation claim
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retaliation by employer after raising sex discrimination concerns ⓘ |
| workLocation | Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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