Brown v. Board of Education
Schools integration case
Brown v.
Board of Education is the 1954 Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine established by Plessy v.
Ferguson.
The unanimous decision, written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, held that segregated schools were inherently unequal and violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
The case is a landmark in American civil rights history: Brown v. Board marked the beginning of the end for Jim Crow laws.
- Little Rock NineStudents who desegregated Arkansas school
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
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Brown v. Board of EducationPlessy v. Ferguson
Ruling allowing racial separation
Brown v. Board of EducationPlessy v. Ferguson
Ruling allowing racial separation
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