Brown v. Board of Education

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United States Supreme Court case landmark civil rights case

Brown v. Board of Education is the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the “separate but equal” doctrine.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)	4
Brown v. Board of Education decision	3
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka	3
Brown v. Board of Education II	2
Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas	1
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision	1
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) liability decision	1
Brown v. Board of Education (consolidated cases)	1
Brown v. Board of Education (indirectly through support of Thurgood Marshall)	1
Brown v. Board of Education (which applied the Fourteenth Amendment to the states)	1
Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision	1
Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954	1
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Brown II)	1
Cooper v. Aaron	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark civil rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ
chiefJustice	Earl Warren ⓘ
citation	347 U.S. 483 ⓘ
consolidatedFrom	Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day) ⓘ Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ⓘ Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ surface form: Gebhart v. Belton
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1954-05-17 ⓘ
decisionLanguage	segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprives children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
defendant	Brown v. Board of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
fullName	Brown v. Board of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
historicalSignificance	considered one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in U.S. history ⓘ
holding	racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional ⓘ separate educational facilities are inherently unequal ⓘ
impact	catalyzed the modern Civil Rights Movement ⓘ led to desegregation of public schools in the United States ⓘ limited the scope of Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
legalIssue	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment racial segregation in public schools ⓘ
locationOfEvents	Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
notableAttorney	Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
opinionAuthor	Earl Warren ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction	Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
overruledDoctrine	separate but equal ⓘ
overruledPrecedent	Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ⓘ surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) as applied to public education
partyRepresentation	NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund represented plaintiffs ⓘ
plaintiff	Oliver Brown ⓘ
relatedCase	Bolling v. Sharpe ⓘ Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ Brown II ⓘ Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ⓘ Briggs v. Elliott ⓘ surface form: Gebhart v. Belton
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
subjectOf	extensive legal scholarship and historical analysis ⓘ
subsequentOrder	Brown v. Board of Education II (1955) ordered desegregation with all deliberate speed ⓘ
topic	racial discrimination ⓘ school desegregation ⓘ
volume	347 ⓘ
vote	9–0 ⓘ
yearDecided	1954 ⓘ

Referenced by (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Briggs v. Elliott → partOf → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County → partOf → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Gebhart v. Belton → partOf → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brown v. Board of Education (consolidated cases)

Robert Russa Moton High School → partOf → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas → partyTo → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

County School Board of Prince Edward County → partyToCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Browder v. Gayle → precedent → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents → precedentFor → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Sweatt v. Painter → precedentFor → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day) → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

subject surface form: Bolling v. Sharpe

Briggs v. Elliott → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Brown II → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Cooper v. Aaron → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brown v. Board of Education II

Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Gebhart v. Belton → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Loving v. Virginia → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

McLaurin was required to sit in designated segregated areas in classrooms, the library, and the cafeteria. → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

subject surface form: McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents

Morgan v. Virginia → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

subject surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez → relatedCase → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

1963 "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" incident → relatedTo → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Bolling v. Sharpe → relatedTo → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education → relatedTo → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Milliken v. Bradley → relatedTo → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Title IV – Desegregation of Public Education → relatedTo → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

African-American history → relatedToEvent → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

Brown II → separateFrom → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brown v. Board of Education (1954) liability decision

Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas → subjectOf → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954

Yick Wo v. Hopkins → subsequentCitationBy → Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ