Complaint in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
6/19/1951
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Relying on the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, the complainants in Brown v. Board of Education argued that segregated schools are unconstitutional. The landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision ended school segregation, stating, “We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
This primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
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6997520Full Citation: Complaint in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka; 6/19/1951; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/complaint-in-brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka, April 23, 2024]