| brown v. board of education definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | supreme court case which led to the eventual desegregation of schools in 1954. | 6 sets |
| 2 | separate but equal facilities are unconstitutional | 6 sets |
| 3 | this decision said that separate but equal was illegal because it violated the 14th amendment | 4 sets |
| 4 | this case tested the idea of "separate but equal" in education | 4 sets |
| 5 | 1954 case that overturned separate but equal standard of discrimination in education. | 4 sets |
| 6 | made segregation illegal in public schools. | 3 sets |
| 7 | separate educational facilities were held to be "inherently unequal" | 3 sets |
| 8 | segregation in tokeka's school prevented her from attending an all-white school | 3 sets |
| 9 | 1954) court ruled that seperate facilities were not equal. instructed integration. overruled plessy v. furgeson | 3 sets |
| 10 | supreme court case that ruled seperate schools for whites and blacks wer unequel-thus unconsitutional | 2 sets |
| 11 | the decision in this case overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine and said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. | 2 sets |
| 12 | 14th amendment negates "separate but equal" doctrine in public/taxpayer supported schools; this historic case overturns plessy v. ferguson and 100 years of jim crow laws | 2 sets |
| 13 | supreme court case that decided that segregation was not okay | 2 sets |
| 14 | supreme court case that overturned plessy v. ferguson; made segregation illegal in schools | 2 sets |
| 15 | segregated schools can never be equal | 2 sets |
| 16 | the 1954 supreme court decision holding that school segregation in topeka, kans., was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the fourteenth amendment's guarantee of equal protection. this case marked the end of legal segregation in the united states. | 2 sets |
| 17 | the 1954 supreme court decision that struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine as fundamentally unequal. this case eliminated state power to use race as a criterion of discrimination in law and provided the national government with the power to intervene by exercising strict regulatory policies against discriminatory actions | 2 sets |
| 18 | a tremendous step in the direction of equal rights for all citizens. | 2 sets |
| 19 | overturned the "seperate but equal clause" and desegragated schools. | 1 set |
| 20 | a supreme court case where the justices ruled that the "seperate but equal" doctrine did not apply to schooling and that all schools had to desegregate "with all deliberate speed." this was the beginning of desegregation and integration. | 1 set |
| 21 | decision included all 5 school cases; chief justice earl warren; may 17, 1954; court declared segregated public schools a violation of the constitution; educational segregation violated equal protection clause of 14th amendment; sociological and psychological affects of segregated schools | 1 set |
| 22 | court decision that overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine and stated that segregation could not be allowed in public schools. | 1 set |
| 23 | 1960s case that overturned plessy v. ferguson. "separate is inherently unequal" | 1 set |
| 24 | overturned plessy v. ferguson. ruled that segregation was unconstitutional | 1 set |
| 25 | the 1954 ruling which overturned plessy v. ferguson which desegregated public schoolsafter young black student linda brown was encouraged to take up a case because of her impractical forced commute. | 1 set |
| 26 | the 1954 supreme court decision that struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine as fundamentally unequal. this case eliminated state power to use race as a criterion of discrimmination in law and provided the national government with the power to intervene by exercising strict regulatory policies against discriminatory actions | 1 set |
| 27 | unanimous decision declaring "separate but equal" unconstitutional. | 1 set |
| 28 | segregation in schools - overturned plessy v. ferguson | 1 set |
| 29 | the 1954 case in which the u.s. supreme court overtuned the seperate-but-equal doctrine and ruled unanimously that segregated schools violated the fourteenth admendment. | 1 set |
| 30 | supreme court decision declaring segregation of schools unconstitutional | 1 set |
| 31 | case in which a young girl's family and the naacp sued to allow her to go to a close white school instead of the black school across town | 1 set |
| 32 | the supreme court case that ruled segregation of public schools unconstitutional | 1 set |
| 33 | seperate but equal was inherently unequal | 1 set |
| 34 | 1954; public schools must intergrate "with all delibrate speed" | 1 set |
| 35 | case involving school segregation | 1 set |
| 36 | was a lawsuit that endedation segregation | 1 set |
| 37 | . | 1 set |
| 38 | supreme court decision that ended school segregation (separate white and black schools). | 1 set |
| 39 | integration of public schools like little rock central high were a rsult of this 1954 supreme court case. | 1 set |
| 40 | 1954 supreme court decision desegregated public schools; but slow to take effect and lack of presidential support | 1 set |