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Primary Source Review: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas After many years under the “separate but equal” doctrine of the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), African Americans finally gained their first step to actual equality, specifically in school. The “separate but equal” doctrine established separate facilities, including separate schools, for blacks and whites that were said to be equal, but were not. In fact, whites only schools provided much better education than blacks only schools.…

Analysis of Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education (2005) Level of Court: United States Supreme Court Facts: Roderick Jackson was hired in 1993 by the Birmingham Board of Education to teach physical education and coach girl’s basketball. During Jackson’s employment he felt that school policy provided unequal accommodations and unequal funding for the girls teams. His complaint fell under Title IX. Title IX is part of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination based on…

The Strange Case of Mole Airlines At 6:02 am, our team was called on-site to the crash of Mole Airlines, Flight 1023, in a remote location. The plane was showing evidence of a pre-crash explosion, determined to be caused by trinitrotoluene explosive, also known as TNT dynamite. We were able to conclude the cause due to an elemental analysis of the residue found: 37.01% carbon, 2.22% hydrogen, 18.5% nitrogen, and 42.27% oxygen. Eight victims were found at the scene, and one was determined to be…

For years, people have been discriminated based only on the color of their skin. In schools this was made legal because of a court case called: Plessy vs. Ferguson. It stated that, "segregation was legal when the facilities for both races were similar in quality" (Street Law, Inc.). That is not the case. Students should not be separated by race in schools because it is not equal, it limits diversity, and it's illegal. School segregation is not equal. For example, "the segregated schools may have…

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954), was a landmark case, impacting the public school system with making segregation within the school system a violation against the law. It showed how separate but equal no longer make sense in America. Leading up to the groundbreaking court case, the country was divided by segregation. In the south, there were Jim Crow Laws and the white population trying to limit the power the African-American had within the community. While in the north there…

28. How does sexual harassment have to do with the 1964 Civil Rights Act? Through interpretation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act during the late 1970s, the courts decided that sexual harassment was a form of discrimination. The courts recognized two forms of sexual harassment: “quid pro quo” harassment (implied threat wherein submission is “continued employment”), and “hostile environment” (offensive/intimidating employment conditions). After much debate, the courts ruled that sexual…

by color and race. Each and every one has birth rights to be treated equal and consume equal facilities in the society. However, the end of the movie says that the boy never got a chance to ride on bus. Even after the decision of Supreme Court, the board of education failed to provide the bus service to the segregated elementary school. Desegregation only become a theory, but in reality colored people always separated from consuming the equal facilities. It seems that the rules of the society…

TITLE: Oliver Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, (1954) Raisberys Lima SF 462 – 1DB Air Traffic Management July 31st, 2014 FACTS In December 9th, 1952, the Board of Education of the city of Topeka, Kansas had a suit filed against them because of their racial segregation between Caucasian and African American students. The case was composed of five cases that were all grouped into one and named Brown v. Board of education. Plessy v. Ferguson implemented…

Achieving a diverse student body has been a goal within education since the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) that “separate but equal” violated the Fourteenth Amendment. Lipson (2007) state selective universities has been practicing race-based affirmative action and other racial diversity policies since 1960s. Many institutions try to establish methods to diversify the student body that does not discriminate against any particular group of…

Ada Lois Sipuel was an African-American woman who applied to the University of Oklahoma Law School in 1946, but was denied admission because of her race. Two years later, the Supreme Court ruled in Sipuel v Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma that the state of Oklahoma was obligated to provide facilities for African American students that were equal to those provided for the white students. In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling, the state of Oklahoma actually created a law school…