17 May, 1954
Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by Bill
Brown v. Board of Education Decided
In 1951, a class action suit was filed against the Board of Education of the City of Topeka, Kansas, by 13 African-American parents on behalf of their children. The plaintiffs contended that segregating school facilities along racial lines violated the students’ 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the law. The case was heard by the US Supreme Court, which unanimously agreed that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
Filed under: Education, Ethics, Human Rights, Right Action, Right Speech, Right Understanding | Tagged: Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights, history, segregation
B v. B has had a major impact on this country. Without it, I do not believe that Senator Obama would be able to seek the presidency.