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Line 1: − {{discrimlaw}}+ − '''Brown v. Board''' was a landmark 1954 [[Supreme Court]] decision that ordered racial desegregation of public schools. It was based on the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the [[United States Constitution|US Constitution]], <ref name="umkc">In 1954, the Supreme Court decided the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of [[Topeka]]. "Racially segregated schools," the Court concluded, are "inherently unequal." The Court found support for its decision in studies that indicated that minority students learn better in racially mixed classrooms. [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/sepbutequal.htm] </ref> − and on social science research that claimed to show that black children have trouble learning unless white children are in the classroom. The decision led to later decisions requiring forced racial busing of school children. − − Today, Monroe Elementary School in [[Topeka]], Kansas, which was attended by the children of three of the plaintiffs in this case, is a museum operated by the US Department of the Interior, known as the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. − − == Law & Social Change == − It is debatable how much actual desegregation was a result of this ruling and related federal court decisions. This raises interesting questions as to the role of the Supreme Court in bringing about actual social change. No one today will dispute the need to end the earlier system of segregated schools, and the importance of the decision, but many will query whether it changed that much, or if its use was rather in sending a definitive signal that the days of segregation and institutionalized racism were at a close. Line 79:
Line 72: − − == Other Links == − Until the article is expanded, please see − *[[Earl Warren]] − *[[Fourteenth Amendment]] − *[[Plessy v. Ferguson]], for the pre-''Brown'' consensus. − *[[Brown v. Board of Education/text]]
Text of Brown v. Board of Education (view source)
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For analysis see [[Brown vs. Board of Education]]
==Text of the Decision==
==Text of the Decision==
'''SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES'''
'''SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES'''
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