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Reflections On Brown, Paul D. Carrington
Reflections On Brown, Paul D. Carrington
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
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Introduction: Brown In The Supreme Court, Dennis J. Hutchinson
Introduction: Brown In The Supreme Court, Dennis J. Hutchinson
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
No abstract provided.
Back To Basics: Returning To The Matter Of Black Inferiority And White Supremacy In The Post-Brown Era, Regina Austin
Back To Basics: Returning To The Matter Of Black Inferiority And White Supremacy In The Post-Brown Era, Regina Austin
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
No abstract provided.
Litigation Campaigns And The Search For Constitutional Rules, Mark V. Tushnet
Litigation Campaigns And The Search For Constitutional Rules, Mark V. Tushnet
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
No abstract provided.
Enforcing Brown In The Little Rock Crisis, Tony A. Freyer
Enforcing Brown In The Little Rock Crisis, Tony A. Freyer
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
No abstract provided.
Voices Of The Brown Generation: Description Of A Project, Mildred Wigfall Robinson
Voices Of The Brown Generation: Description Of A Project, Mildred Wigfall Robinson
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
No abstract provided.
A Time To Lose, D. P. Marshall Jr.
A Time To Lose, D. P. Marshall Jr.
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
No abstract provided.
Symposium Discussion
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
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Speech On Brown V. Board Of Education, May 1, 1981, Paul E. Wilson
Speech On Brown V. Board Of Education, May 1, 1981, Paul E. Wilson
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
No abstract provided.
The Fourteenth Amendment Reconsidered, The Segregation Question, Alfred H. Kelly
The Fourteenth Amendment Reconsidered, The Segregation Question, Alfred H. Kelly
Michigan Law Review
Some sixty years ago in Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court of the United States adopted the now celebrated "separate but equal" doctrine as a constitutional guidepost for state segregation statutes. Justice Brown's opinion declared that state statutes imposing racial segregation did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment, provided only that the statute in question guaranteed equal facilities for the two races. Brown's argument rested on a historical theory of the intent, although he offered no evidence to support it. "The object of the amendment," he said, "was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, …