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347 U.S. 483 (1954)BROWN et al.

v.Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, KAN, et al.Nos. 1, 2, 4, 10

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2022

Edited by
Bennett Capers ,
Devon W. Carbado ,
R. A. Lenhardt  and
Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Bennett Capers
Affiliation:
Fordham Law School
Devon W. Carbado
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
R. A. Lenhardt
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Law Center
Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Affiliation:
Boston University School of Law
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Summary

I dissent today from the majority’s decision in these cases because the detestable segregation in the public schools that the majority finds unconstitutional is a manifestation of the evil of racism the depths and pervasiveness of which this Court fails even to acknowledge, much less address and attempt to correct.

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SegregationEqual Protection ClauseFourteenth AmendmentRacial DiscriminationPublic Education
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Critical Race Judgments
Rewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and the Law
 , pp. 25 - 38
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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