Case: Brown, et al v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al; 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Parties: Oliver Brown (P), Board of Education of Topeka Kansas (D)
Facts:
1.)African American children were denied admittance into schools in which were attended by white children, under segregation laws set by the doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson.
2.)Plaintiffs sued and sought admission into these public schools located in their community on a nonsegregated basis.
3.) Plaintiffs contended that segregated schools are not equal, and cannot be made equal, this segregation was alleged to deprive the plaintiffs of the equal protection of laws under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Issue: Do the laws of segregation under the Plessy v. Ferguson doctrine violate the Equal Protection
Parties: Oliver Brown (P), Board of Education of Topeka Kansas (D)
Facts:
1.)African American children were denied admittance into schools in which were attended by white children, under segregation laws set by the doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson.
2.)Plaintiffs sued and sought admission into these public schools located in their community on a nonsegregated basis.
3.) Plaintiffs contended that segregated schools are not equal, and cannot be made equal, this segregation was alleged to deprive the plaintiffs of the equal protection of laws under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Issue: Do the laws of segregation under the Plessy v. Ferguson doctrine violate the Equal Protection