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An Analysis Of Sovereignty And Its Application To Segregation In Public Schools, Patricia Minor Murphy
An Analysis Of Sovereignty And Its Application To Segregation In Public Schools, Patricia Minor Murphy
Master's Theses
Division of authority between the national goverment and the state governments has been a problem since the origin of the United States and this problem is especially prominent today in so far as it concerns the public schools. In the present situation, both constitutional and emotional difficulties are concerned; for this reason, history, constitutional analysis, and recent developments in trends of thought are all essential parts of a discussion concerning the present problem of segregation in public schools.
Almost three years ago, the Supreme Court rendered its decision in the Segregation Cases, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), in which it held …