Brown V. Board of Education

They are premised on different facts and different local conditions, but a common legal question justifies their consideration together in this consolidated opinion. Based on this excerpt, The Supreme Court chose to consider the case due to CORRECT ANSWER a legal issue shared by a number of cases. This discussion and our own investigation convince us that, although these sources cast some light, it is not enough to resolve the problem with which we are faced. At best, they are inconclusive...

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. . . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education? Brown v. Board of Education CORRECT ANSWER D.) The Brown case addresses whether the plaintiff has been afforded equal protection of the laws relative to those attend...

What did the Browns want from the Board of Education in the case of Brown v. Board of Education? a. They wanted their African American daughter Linda to be allowed to attend the public school near her home. b. They wanted the Board of Education to speak out publicly against segregating students on the basis of race. c. They wanted a large sum of money as damages because Linda was forced to attend a distant school for African Americans. d. They wanted the members of the Board of Education to los...