Sociology / Unit 8 Soc 1388 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Brown v. Board and School Desegregation
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The idea
The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling held that legally separate schools by race were inherently unequal, overturning "separate but equal."
In practice
Federal troops enforced Black students' court-ordered right to enroll at previously all-White schools in the years following the ruling.
Where people slip
This entry applies Soc 1064's de jure/de facto split to schooling; ending mandated segregation did not end segregation from other factors.
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