A Legal History of Brown and a Look to the Future

In May 1954, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous 9-0 opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Brown I, 1954). In holding that de jure segregation in public schools based on race violated the Equal Protection Clause, the Court prepared American society for a larger concept, n...

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Published in:Education and urban society 2004-05, Vol.36 (3), p.245-254
Main Author: Mawdsley, Ralph D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Education
Court Litigation
Desegregation
Desegregation Litigation
Education
Educational Inequality
Educational Opportunities
Equal Education
Equal Protection
History of education
Judicial Decisions
Kansas
Public education
Public Schools
Racial Segregation
School Desegregation
School segregation
Sociology of education
Supreme Court
Supreme Court decisions
U.S.A
United States Supreme Court
Urban studies
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Summary:In May 1954, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous 9-0 opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Brown I, 1954). In holding that de jure segregation in public schools based on race violated the Equal Protection Clause, the Court prepared American society for a larger concept, namely that children in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunities. Thus, this article examines the Court’s 50-year journey toward eliminating the vestiges of past de jure segregation in public school systems and the movement to unitary status for such districts.
ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/0013124504264095