Brown v Board of Education of Topeka in the United States
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, landmark court case of 1954 in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously declared that it was unconstitutional to create separate schools for children on the basis of race. The Brown ruling ranks as one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century. At the time of the decision, 17 southern states and the District of Columbia required that all public schools be racially segregated. A few northern and western states, including Kansas, left the issue of segregation up to individual school districts. While most schools in Kansas were integrated in 1954, those in Topeka were not. (1)
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka in this Section
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in the U.S. Legal History
Summary
Supreme Court decision of 1954 that overturned the “separate but equal doctrine” that justified Jim Crow laws. Chief Justice Earl Warren argued that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
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