Brown v. Board of Education II, 349 US 294 (1955)
Answer
Yes. The Court declared segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, 374 US 483 (1954), and ordered integration, overseen by the US District Courts, in Brown v. Board of Education (II), 349 US 294 (1955).
Explanation
The US Supreme Court first declared segregation in public education unconstitutional in 1954, in the consolidated cases heard under the caption Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954). This overturned the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson,(1896), that allowed "separate but equal" accommodations for African-Americans in most areas of life, including education. In Brown, the Supreme Court determined that "separated but equal" wasn't equal, and unfairly branded African-American students as inferior.
The Court recognized, however, that the logistics of integration would be difficult in many school districts, so they set a future date to determine the practical aspects of their earlier ruling. In Brown v. Board of Education (II), 349 US 294 (1955), commonly known as Brown II, the Court ordered the US District Courts to oversee application of the mandate requiring public schools to integrate with "all deliberate speed."
Although most people consider 1954 the year the Court ordered integration, the mandate wasn't handed down until 1955, in the separate, but related, Brown IIcase.
The Supreme Court ruled that racially segregated schools are illegal.
No. The Supreme Court ruling that declared racially segregated school systems to be inherently unequal was Brown v. Board of Education which overruled Plessy v. Ferguson.
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered schools to gradually racially integrate.
The court didn't say exactly when schools had to integrate.
Segregation education is inherently unequal.
Segregated schools were inherently unequal.
Racially segregated public schools deny equal treatment under the law
As this question clearly calls for an opinion, my answer is Brown v. Board of Education which held that racially segregated public schools were in violation of the equal protection clause of the US Constitution, thus directly overturning Plessy v. Ferguson. ----
The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) was that racially segregated public schools were unconstitutional. The Court ruled that "separate but equal" education was inherently unequal and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision paved the way for desegregation in public schools and served as a landmark ruling in the civil rights movement.
segregated don not, by nature. have equal protection of the law.
segregated don not, by nature. have equal protection of the law.
Before Brown v. Board of Education, schools in the United States were segregated. The Supreme Court ruled on the case in 1954.