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Kentucky (1908) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The decision partially overruled the Court's 1896 ...
Topeka, Kansas U.S. Education. Theology. Occupation. African Methodist Episcopal Pastor. Known for. Brown v. Board of Education. Oliver Leon Brown (August 2, 1918 – June 20, 1961) was an African-American welder who was the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al.
The first (and maybe most important fact) about Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas et al., is that it should actually be called Briggs v.
Linda Carol Brown (February 20, 1943 – March 25, 2018) was an American campaigner for equality in education. As a school-girl in 1954, Brown became the center of the landmark United States civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education. [1] [2] Brown was in third grade at the time, and sought to enroll at Sumner School in Topeka, Kansas.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Brown vs. Board anniversary shows America, Michigan has far to go. Opinion: It's been 70 years since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling ...
This month marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine that had been enshrined in constitutional law ...
October 26, 1992. Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park was established in Topeka, Kansas, on October 26, 1992, by the United States Congress to commemorate the landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Brown v. Board of Education aimed at ending racial segregation in public schools.
The landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling may have paved the way for more equal and integrated schools, but fierce – and continued – opposition to integration means the ruling in no way ...