Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)
The Supreme Court declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, which was intended to bar school districts from maintaining separate schools for African-American and white children. The actual order to integrate wasn't released until the decision in Brown v. Board of Education II, (1955).
The Supreme Court also addressed segregation in public schools in a number of later cases, as districts attempted to evade integration through restructuring their districts, issuing private school vouchers, and using other methods that the US Supreme Court had to prohibit explicitly.
The decision began intergration of schools. It was ordered that she be allowed to attend the all white school. They struck down the “ separate but equal “ ruling dating from the 1800’s. As she walked into the school each day people yelled at her and she was put into a separate classroom with a teacher and was unable to have recess with the other students.
The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation.
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In Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka, Kansas), the Supreme Court found unconstitutional the establishment of segregated schools to which children were assigned based on race. This presaged the end of the "separate but equal" policy and encouraged blacks in the US to press for the provision of equal status for all US citizens.
In USA the Supreme court judges decide as to whether certain laws are constitutional or not. eg.In the Brown vs Board of education of TOPEKA 1954 case the supreme court ruled that the " separate but equal" doctrine was unconstitutional
Segregated schools were inherently unequal.
They wanted to present a united decision to the nation.
Supreme court justices decide if laws are constitutional.
The decision was handed down in May of 1954.Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)Was a case to decide if separate schools for Negro children and White children based solely on race was unconstitutional.The case was on appeal from the U.S. District Court (Kansas)The case was argued first on December 9 1952 and re-argued December 8, 1953 and finally decided on May 17, 1954.The case actually en-compassed cases from Kansas, S. Carolina, Virginia and Delaware.One of the main lines in the opinion by Chief Justice Warren was:'We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place.'In all this case further answered the question that separation of American's by race is unconstitutional for any reason.
Answer this question… They wanted to present a united decision to the nation.
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When a law is passed the Supreme Court can decide if it is constitutional.
It called for the residents of Kansas and Nebraska vote to decide the issue of slavery.
who decides whether or not the supreme court will review a case
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