| brown v. board of education definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | 1954) court ruled that seperate facilities were not equal. instructed integration. overruled plessy v. furgeson | 7 sets |
| 2 | separate but equal facilities are unconstitutional | 6 sets |
| 3 | supreme court case which led to the eventual desegregation of schools in 1954. | 6 sets |
| 4 | 1954 case that overturned separate but equal standard of discrimination in education. | 4 sets |
| 5 | this case tested the idea of "separate but equal" in education | 4 sets |
| 6 | this decision said that separate but equal was illegal because it violated the 14th amendment | 4 sets |
| 7 | segregation in tokeka's school prevented her from attending an all-white school | 3 sets |
| 8 | separate educational facilities were held to be "inherently unequal" | 3 sets |
| 9 | made segregation illegal in public schools. | 3 sets |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | court found that segregation was a violation of the equal protection clause "separate but equal" has no place | 2 sets |
| 12 | supreme court case that decided that segregation was not okay | 2 sets |
| 13 | supreme court case that ruled seperate schools for whites and blacks wer unequel-thus unconsitutional | 2 sets |
| 14 | supreme court case that overturned plessy v. ferguson; made segregation illegal in schools | 2 sets |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | segregated schools can never be equal | 2 sets |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | segregation of schools denied black children equal opportunities; supreme court desegregated the schools | 2 sets |
| 19 | the decision in this case overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine and said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. | 2 sets |
| 20 | a tremendous step in the direction of equal rights for all citizens. | 2 sets |
| 21 | segregation in schools - overturned plessy v. ferguson | 1 set |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | was a lawsuit that endedation segregation | 1 set |
| 24 | . | 1 set |
| 25 | held that school segregation was unconstitutional because it violated the equal protection clause in the fourteenth amendment | 1 set |
| 26 | court decision that overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine and stated that segregation could not be allowed in public schools. | 1 set |
| 27 | overturned the "seperate but equal clause" and desegragated schools. | 1 set |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | 1954 supreme court decision that ruled separate schools for different races are illegal | 1 set |
| 30 | 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 |
| 31 | supreme court decision that ended school segregation (separate white and black schools). | 1 set |
| 32 | seperate but equal was inherently unequal | 1 set |
| 33 | topeka, kansas- 1954 linda brown walked 21 blocks to get to her black school while white school was 4 blocks denied her admission. "separate but equal" education is unconstitutional | 1 set |
| 34 | de-segregation of public schools. | 1 set |
| 35 | struck down the separate but equal rule | 1 set |
| 36 | the supreme court case that ruled segregation of public schools unconstitutional | 1 set |
| 37 | 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 |
| 38 | 1954 supreme court case that brought about the end of legal segregation in public schools. | 1 set |
| 39 | case involving school segregation | 1 set |
| 40 | 1954; public schools must intergrate "with all delibrate speed" | 1 set |