brown v. board of education of topeka

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Definition of brown v. board of education of topeka in English English dictionary

a US legal case which resulted in a famous decision by the US Supreme Court in 1954. It was decided that black students should be allowed to attend the same schools and universities as white students, and this officially ended segregation in the US education system. Following this, some children were taken by bus to different schools in order to mix blacks and whites Plessy v. Ferguson. (1954) U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment says that no state may deny equal protection of the laws to any person within its jurisdiction. The court declared separate educational facilities to be inherently unequal, thus reversing its 1896 ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson. The Brown ruling was limited to public schools, but it was believed to imply that segregation is not permissible in other public facilities. Guidelines for ending segregation were presented and school boards were advised to proceed "with all deliberate speed." See also Thurgood Marshall

Hyphenation

Brown v. board of Educa·tion of To·pe·ka

Turkish pronunciation

braun vi bôrd ıv ecyukeyşın ıv tōpikı

Pronunciation

/ˈbroun ˈvē ˈbôrd əv ˌeʤyo͞oˈkāsʜən əv tōˈpēkə/ /ˈbraʊn ˈviː ˈbɔːrd əv ˌɛʤjuːˈkeɪʃən əv toʊˈpiːkə/