Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States . . .How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?
What is the plaintiffs’ main concern about the state of public schools in Brown v. Board of Education?
Which policy do the plaintiffs disagree with in Brown v. Board of Education?
Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education.In each of the cases other than the Delaware case, a three-judge federal district court denied relief to the plaintiffs on the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine announced by this Court in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537.The Supreme Court cites these cases because it seeks to
Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education.Because these are class actions, because of the wide applicability of this decision, and because of the great variety of local conditions, the formulation of decrees in these cases presents problems of considerable complexity.Why does the Supreme Court describe these considerations?
Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education.In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.Why does the Supreme Court assert this fact?
Read the excerpt from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.That petitioner was a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Louisiana, of mixed descent . . . on June 7, 1892, he engaged and paid for a first class passage on the East Louisiana Railway . . . and thereupon entered a passenger train, and took possession of a vacant seat in a coach where passengers of the white race were accommodated; that such railroad company was incorporated by the laws of Louisiana as a common carrier, and was not authorized to distinguish between citizens according to their race. But, notwithstanding this, petitioner was required by the conductor, under penalty of ejection from said train and imprisonment, to vacate said coach and occupy another seat in a coach assigned by said company for persons not of the white race.How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?
Read the excerpt from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.. . . requiring the officer of the passenger train to assign each passenger to the coach or compartment assigned for the race to which he or she belong; and imposing fines or imprisonment upon passengers insisting on going into a coach or compartment other than the one set aide for the race to which he or she belongs.How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?
Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896.Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power.How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?
Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?
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