American Government / Unit 3 Gov 126 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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The idea
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) struck down Plessy v. Ferguson, declaring separate-but-equal unconstitutional in public education.
In practice
Segregated schooling was held inherently unequal under the equal protection clause.
Where people slip
The holding named education; dismantling the rest of Jim Crow took further cases and statutes.
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