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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), [1] was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
The issue is placed before the Court by Brown v. Board of Education and its companion case, Briggs v. Elliott. Many of the justices personally believe segregation is morally unacceptable, but have difficulty justifying the idea legally under the 14th Amendment. Marshall and Davis argue their respective cases.
The Brown v. Board of Education case was consolidated with four other cases on school segregation: Briggs v. Elliott (filed in South Carolina), Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County (filed in Virginia), Gebhart v. Belton (filed in Delaware), and Bolling v. Sharpe (filed in Washington, D.C.). Inclusion of the history of these ...
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, and this country will no doubt want to pat itself on the back. It shouldn’t. It can’t.
The landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling may have paved the way for more equal and integrated schools, but fierce – and continued – opposition to integration means the ruling in no way ...
By KIMBERLY HEFLING and JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Many inequities in education ...
Linda Carol Brown (February 20, 1943 – March 25, 2018) was an American campaigner for equality in education. As a school-girl in 1954, Brown became the center of the landmark United States civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education. [1] [2] Brown was in
The 70-year anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case also marks the first year without race-conscious admissions in universities.