Supreme+Court+Decision

The Supreme court "[concluded] that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

Briggs had argued that the their fourteenth amendment had been violated. Briggs had also argued that the segregation of children could " negatively affect their self-esteem." The case was appealed to the Supreme Court because the U.S. District Court's three-judge panel did not rule in their favor. The Supreme Court granted the case a ** Writ of certiorari. **
 * South Carolina - Briggs v. Elliot (1947) **

Argued that the segregation of children could potentially be harmful. Virginia's three- judge panel did not rule in their favor.
 * Virginia - Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County (1951) **

The **opinion of the court ** was that " to separate them [children in grade and high schools] from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely to ever be undone."
 * Kansas - Brown v. Board of Education (1954) **

The argument was that it had violated their fifth amendment.
 * Washington, DC – Bolling v. Melvin Sharpe (1951) **

This case was different because it involved a white women that had a African- American son.
 * Delaware- Belton v. Gebhart (Bulah v. Gebhart) (1952) **

Opinion of the Court http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html



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