Text of Brown v. Board of Education

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U.S. Discrimination Law

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Substantive due process State action doctrine

Defining Moments in Law

The 14th Amendment Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Education Loving v. Virginia U.S. v. Virginia Romer v. Evans Lawrence v. Texas

Modalities of Constitutional Law

Textual Responsive

Brown v. Board was a landmark, and extremely controversial, Supreme Court decision that outlawed segregation in public institutions.

Until the article is expanded, please see

• Earl Warren
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Plessy v. Ferguson, for the pre-Brown consensus.