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The issue
Oliver Brown had a third grade daughter that had to walk to an all black school while there was a white school much closer to her house. Also white schools recieved better funding and were not overcrowded like colored schools. -
Brown presents argument
Oliver Brown became plaintiff of the case. This side of the argument claimed that separation was unconstitutional. The issue of the case was equal protection under the law. The amendments related to this case are: The Thirteenth Amendment (ended slavery), the Fourteenth Amendment (granted citizenship to and protected the civil rights of former slaves), and the Fifteenth(gave adult black men the right to vote). -
John Davis presents his argument
John W. Davis argued that the schools were "separate but equal". -
All White School
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All Black School
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All Black School
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White Students Protesting
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Decision of the case
The Court agreed unanimously that school segregation and discrimination was unconstitutional. The precedent of this decision was integration of schools. -
Effects of the case
Brown II followed the court's decision to decide how to correct the segregated schools. The Supreme and District Courts were to determine whether states were making efforts to integrate "with all deliberate speed."
