What was the US supreme court decision in the case Brown v Board of education?

Answer 1

The US Supreme Court heard the consolidated cases of Brown v. Board of Education on direct appeal from the US District Courts, bypassing the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, so there was no decision at the intermediate appellate level.

Case Citation:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

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Answer 2

The Supreme Court decided that the " separate but equal " wasn't legal. A person cannot be equal if they are kept segregated and this is what schools were doing. The court ordered that Brown be allowed to attend her school. When she went to school people yelled at her and called her names and the school kept her apart from the other students with a teacher assigned to her.

Answer 3

that it was unconstitutional to have segregated public schools. they requested fro all public schools to be intergraded in a timely fashion

Answer 4

That "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and, therefore, a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Answer 5

Segregated schools were inherently unequal.