We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have... The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation - Seite 532von Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 656 SeitenEingeschränkte Leseprobe - Über dieses Buch
| 1953 - 348 Seiten
...measurement but which make for greatness in a law school." In MeLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, supra, the Court, in requiring that a Negro admitted to a...complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. This disposition makes unnecessary any discussion whether... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1956 - 288 Seiten
...deprive them of some of the benefits they would receive in a racial [ly] integrated school system."10 Whatever may have been the extent of psychological...complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. This disposition makes unnecessary any discussion whether... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1956 - 286 Seiten
...knowledge at the time of Plessy v. Ferguson, this finding is amply supported by modern authority.11 Any language in Plessy v. Ferguson contrary to this...complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. This disposition makes unnecessary any discussion whether... | |
| Donald K. Sharpes - 2002 - 550 Seiten
...of Education decision reversed that societal standard favoring public segregation. The court noted: "We conclude that in the field of public education...Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." Leading the legal fight to end school segregation and petitioning the court in this landmark case was... | |
| Melanie Fonder, Mary Shaffrey - 2002 - 390 Seiten
...was African American. In the decision, Chief Justice Earl Warren reversed precedent when he wrote, "We conclude that in the field of public education...Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." And the court went so far as to say that even if all the facilities in the schools were equal (which... | |
| Paul Robeson - 1978 - 646 Seiten
...the Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court, in the landmark unanimous decision, declared: "We conclude that in the field of public education...Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." In overruling the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which had established the "separate but equal"... | |
| Thurgood Marshall - 2003 - 376 Seiten
...unconstitutional, are incorporated herein by reference."5 Last year's opinion, as we all know, declared: "We conclude that in the field of public education...Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. "(1 On May 31 the Court said simply, as an introduction to its opinion, that this principle stands... | |
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