Editing Brown v. Board of Education (Brown I)
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|overturned=Plessy v. Ferguson | |overturned=Plessy v. Ferguson | ||
|related=Brown v. Board of Education (Brown II) | |related=Brown v. Board of Education (Brown II) | ||
|facts=This case was the consolidation of cases arising in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. relating to the segregation of public schools on the basis of race. In each of the cases, African American students had been denied admittance to certain public schools based on laws allowing public education to be segregated by race. They argued that such segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the [[14th Amendment]]. The plaintiffs were denied relief in the lower courts based on ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]] | |facts=This case was the consolidation of cases arising in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. relating to the segregation of public schools on the basis of race. In each of the cases, African American students had been denied admittance to certain public schools based on laws allowing public education to be segregated by race. They argued that such segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the [[14th Amendment]]. The plaintiffs were denied relief in the lower courts based on ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]], which held that racially segregated public facilities were legal so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal. (This was known as the “separate but equal” doctrine.) | ||
|procedural_history=Linda Brown wasn't allowed to enroll in a mostly-white school nearest to her home in [https://www.topeka.org/#gsc.tab=0 Topeka], Kansas. Her parent & 13 others who were similarly situated sued the school board in Kansas. | |procedural_history=Linda Brown wasn't allowed to enroll in a mostly-white school nearest to her home in [https://www.topeka.org/#gsc.tab=0 Topeka], Kansas. Her parent & 13 others who were similarly situated sued the school board in Kansas. | ||
|issues=Does the segregation of public education based solely on race violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? | |issues=Does the segregation of public education based solely on race violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? | ||
