PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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overrule the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
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uphold the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
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create job training for unemployed African-American
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provide for educational funding for African-American
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The 1954 decision declared that separate educational facilities for white and African American students were inherently unequal.
Detailed explanation-2: -We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. In 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote this opinion in the unanimous Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
Detailed explanation-3: -Brown v. Board of Education (1954, 1955) The case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education was actually the name given to five separate cases that were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the issue of segregation in public schools.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Supreme Court’s decision was unanimous and felt that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, ” and hence a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.