Brown V. Board of Education The landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision overruling the constitutionality of the "separate but equal" doctrine that had been the legal basis for racial segregation of the nation's public schools....

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954),[1] was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, which overturned earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, by declaring that state laws which established separate...

Philadelphia Tribune, The 05-21-2004 On Monday, when the nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision many were left wondering: What did that historic ruling accomplish and what has it failed to accomplish? Some African-American scholars even questioned...

IT IS A SPECIAL HONOUR to be admitted as a foreign member of your country's first learned society. The Society is distinctively American, but its founders were citizens of the world-cosmopolitan in their pursuit of useful knowledge and ideas. It is also a particular...

The Topeka City Council gave preliminary approval to begin destruction of the former all-white school that was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case.Council and city staff members said Tuesday they would like to save the Sumner Elementary School building, but...

A 1946 court ruling that helped pave the way for the nation's school desegregation will be commemorated Friday with a new U.S. postage stamp."This stamp captures the vision and inspiration of a group of parents who fought the odds to make a difference for all...

Shows the argyments in the Brown vs. Board of Education case.

Supreme Court case on Brown vs. the Board of Education. The desegregation of schools in the United States.

The Brown versus Board of Education decision was an immense influence on desegregation of schools and a milestone in the movement for equality. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education was unanimous, ruling that "separate but equal is inherently unequal." They ruled that no state had the power to pass a law that went against the 14th amendment of the United States Constitution.