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Brown vs. Board of Education 347 U.S. 483

BROWN ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA ET AL. 347 U.S. 483

347 U.S. 483 | 1953-12-08

U.S. Supreme Court

BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

347 U.S. 483

BROWN ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA ET AL. 

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT 
OF KANSAS. * No. 1. 

Argued December 9, 1952. Reargued December 8, 1953. 
Decided May 17, 1954. 

Segregation of white and Negro children in the public schools of a State solely on the basis of race, pursuant to state laws permitting or requiring such segregation, denies to Negro children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment - even though the physical facilities and other "tangible"...