Brown_V._Board_of_Education

Brown V. Board of Education Frank V. Psychology and the Law PSY 370 Nov. 26th, 2001 Brown v. Board of Education INTRO: Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka, 347, U.S. 483 (1954). “separate but equal” are inherently unconstitutional. They are a violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka, 349, U.S. 294 (1955) The supreme court establishes judicial guidelines for local courts in the desegregation of public schools. Facts: A series of cases went to the Supreme Court from the states of Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware. Since all of the cases involved the same basic problem-black minors, through their legal representatives, seeking the aid of the courts in obtaining admission to the public schools of their respective communities on a non-segregated basis-all were determined by one decision of the Court. The Kansas case is taken as the nominal leading case. In the various states, the black children were of elementary or high school age or both. Segregation requirements were on a statutory and state constitutional basis except in Kansas where only statutory provisions were involved. Issue: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the brown, school, education, case, schools, equal, children, public, decision, segregation, students, board, african, one, court, american, white, , plessy, supreme, rock, desegregation, amendment, troops, separate, opportunity, little, justice, high, facilities, black, time, though, system, state, south, society, ruling, racial, people, over, number, made, law, kansas, integration, equality, country, child, warren, topeka