Brown vs Board of Education || 1954 || Case Summary

Brown vs Board of education case summary

Facts:

 Oliver Brown, et al. challenged segregation in Topeka, Kansas public schools.  NAACP represented 13 African American families. The separate but equal doctrine was challenged, wherein different schools for black and white populations were there.

Issue. 

Is segregation in public schools constitutional?

Rationale:

1. Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment) 

2. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. 

3. Psychological impact on African American children.

Judgment:

Chief Justice Earl Warren:

"We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal has no place.

Consequences:

1. Landmark civil rights decision 

2. Desegregation of public schools. 

3. pave the way for further civil rights legislation,

                            ~ Maihar Sunandaram Singh