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the court's interpretation of whether the equal protection clause allowed racial segregation
Public schools should be integrated.
The reasoning was that separate education was inherently unequal. It was incredibly important in desegregating schools.
Southern segregationists did not meekly comply with court rulings, they fought bitterly, for many years.
That separate but equal public education was unconstitutional.
Cummins vs. Richmond County Board of Education was the first case brought before the courts with the issue to integrate schools. The court ruling was overruled by Brown vs. Board of Education which ultimately segregated the schools.
segregated don not, by nature. have equal protection of the law.
The Brown vs Board of Education was a decision about school. The courts declared government could not provide "equal but separate" educations. Schools had to desegregate.
interpretations of whether the equal protection clause allows segregation
interpretations of whether the equal protection clause allows segregation
The Warren Court ruled segregated schools were unconstitutional in Brown v Board of Education, (1954), and ordered integration to take place "at all deliberate speed" in Brown v Board of Education II, (1955).
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