Brown

Background

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Plessy v. Ferguson Links to information on this case.

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Separate But Equal? The Road to Brown

Smith v. Allwright (1944 )

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University of Texas at Austin: White Primaries: Smith v. Allwright Background on the case.

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Morgan v. Virginia (1946)

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Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

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Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

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University of Texas: Heman Marion Sweatt’s Legal Challenge that Integrated The University of Texas Long article and links.

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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)

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Brown I (1954)

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University of Michigan: Brown v. Board of Education Digital Archive

New York Times: High Court Bans School Segregation News article announcing the decision.

National Archives: Order of Argument in the Case A nice background on the case along with a primary source document.

Landmark Supreme Court Cases: Brown v. Board of Education Resources include background summaries, key excerpts of the majority opinion, and a diagram of how this case moved through the court system.

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Brown v. Board of Education — Further Readings Overview of the case.

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Brown II (1955)

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Loving v. Virginia (1967)

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Law Library: American Law and Legal Information: Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia Overview of the case.

ABC News: Groundbreaking Interracial Marriage A report 40 years after the case.

NPR: Loving Decision: 40 Years of Legal Interracial Unions

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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 (2007)

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CBS News: High Court Limits Race in School Choice

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Thurgood Marshall

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New York Times Obituary: Civil Rights Hero Dies at 84

Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary Interviews, speeches, articles, photographs, and excerpts from Juan William’s book on Marshall.

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Earl Warren

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Books

Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America’s Struggle for Equality By Richard Kluger.

Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy By James T. Patterson.

Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents By Waldo E. Martin.

Brown v. Board of Education: Witness to a Landmark Decision By Jack Greenberg.

Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement By Michael J. Klarman.

What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said: The Nation’s Top Legal Experts Rewrite America’s Landmark Civil Rights Decision By Jack Balkin.

All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education By Charles J. Ogletree.

Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary By Juan Williams.

Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made By Jim Newton.

Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren By Ed Cray.

Brown v. Board of Education: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (PDF file)

 

 

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