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    The Importance of Brown V. The Board of Education To understand the importance of Brown V. The Board of Education of Topeka, one must take into account the gravity of the prevailing law and attitude that existed in 1954. In 1896, the Supreme Court established the "separate but equal" doctrine in the case of Plessy V. Ferguson. Essentially the court was saying that blacks should be treated equally but due to an obvious difference, race, blacks could be treated equally

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    States was confronted with the controversial Brown v. Board of Education case that challenged segregation in public education. Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark Supreme Court case because it called into question the morality and legality of racial segregation in public schools, a long-standing tradition in the Jim Crow South, and threatened to have monumental and everlasting implications for blacks and whites in America. In 1951, Oliver L. Brown, his wife Darlene, and eleven other African

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    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas was a milestone in American history, as it began the long process of racial integration, starting with schools. Segregated schools were not equal in quality, so African-American families spearheaded the fight for equality. Brown v. Board stated that public schools must integrate. This court decision created enormous controversy throughout the United States. Without this case, the United States may still be segregated today. Although the Fourteenth Amendment

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    Americans in an effort to ensure that blacks and whites lived separate lives. This physical divide formed an unequal gap in education, opportunity and lifestyle for African Americans. Known as Black Monday, the Brown v. Board of Education case was a milestone in American history that transformed the United States into an equal multiracial nation. The Brown v. Board of Education case ended segregation in public schools in the United States, allowing African American students to attend white only public

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    Brown v. Board of Education was a landscape-changing court case that altered the public school system forever. The ruling that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, therefore, a violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, ended racial segregation in public schools (archives.gov). May 2014 was the 60th anniversary of this court decision, and it is an important time to reflect on the effects that this ruling has had on our country.

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    The Brown v Board of Education was a case that was a turning point for african american history. Before this case was introduced for over 50 years, schools were segregated based on race.In Kansas there were eleven school integration cases dating from 1881 to 1949. It wasn't until 1952 when Topeka, Kansas education was challenged to the supreme court. The case wasn't an easy one, it took full 2 years for the final ruling to be heard. However it took more than a verdict from the supreme court to

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    Brown v. Board of Education The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case was a very important case for Americans. This case was a United States Supreme Court case in where the court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be against the constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in this court case changed the history of race relations in the United States. On May 17, 1954, the Court got rid of segregation by race in schools, and made all

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    The Brown V Board of Education case overturned provisions of the Plessy v Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed “separate but equal” in all public areas including public schools. This case began a spark in the American Civil Rights Movement by demanding public facilities to allow African Americans the same privileges as whites. This case ended tolerance of racial segregation, however, the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education, but it definitely started a revolution. In

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    first case having to do with this topic was the case "Brown v. Board of Education" where there was a violation of the 14th amendment. The next case having to do with education is "Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education" involving ,and informing the segregation in schools and school buses. Third case had to do with a student applying for a school but was rejected for his race, the case name was "Regents of the University so California v. Bakke. Overall, these cases were the cause of the Civil

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    The Brown v. Board of Education case was a result of African-American children being denied admission to white schools and were forced to attend segregated nonwhite schools. The issue was brought to the attention of the law by the parents of Linda Brown, who sued the Board of Education for not allowing her to attend a white school closer to her home (nonwhite school was 21 blocks away). The Brown v. Board of Education case was an important event and should remain in the new edition of the textbook

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