PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1954 Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision, Chief Justice Earl Warren stated “We conclude that the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” The Brown decision led to the desegregation of what social institutions? Martin Luther King Jr.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the “separate but equal” principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court. The Supreme Court held that “separate but equal” facilities are inherently unequal and violate the protections of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.