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  • In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality [*]
    Information about Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and exhibit devoted to African American public schools in Kansas from 1855 to 1955.
    www.brownvboard.org
  • Wikipedia: Brown v. Board of Education
    Hyperlinked article exploring the landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court explicitly outlawed segregated public education facilities.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
  • Civil Rights: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
    Syllabus and text of the majority opinion written by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
    www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html
  • Integration of Little Rock Central High School@
    Learn about the Integration of Little Rock Central High School, an event where nine black students were denied entrance to the school. Sites include Articles, history, audio, videos, and pictures on the act that defied the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordering integration of public schools.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Civil_Rights_Movement/Integration_of_Little_Rock_Central_High_School
  • African American History: Brown v. Board of Education
    Overview of the landmark case and its legacy.
    www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html
  • Jefferson: Brown v. Board of Education
    Background to the case, photograph of Thurgood Marshall with James Nabrit and George Hayes, and excerpts from the court's decision.
    www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/brown.htm
  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
    Commemorating the Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation in public schools, saying that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
    www.nps.gov/brvb
  • Plessy v Ferguson: 163 U.S. 537 (1896)@
    Learn about Plessy v. Ferguson, the landmark decision which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public accommodations. Sites offer background information, overview, analysis, and text of the verdict that passed the "separate but equal" provision.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Specific_Cases/Plessy_v__Ferguson__1896_
  • "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty
    Exhibition from the Library of Congress.
    www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown
  • Brown v. Board of Education Resources
    Offers links to sites about the Brown decision and the struggle for educational equality. From the U.S. Department of Education.
    www.ed.gov/free/bvbe.html
  • Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
    Examines the legacy and impact of Brown v. Board of Education, a Supreme Court decision that ended legal segregation in U.S. education. From PBS.
    www.pbs.org/beyondbrown
  • Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed America
    Explains the five separate cases that challenged segregation in the early 1950s and how they were consolidated by the Supreme Court in the Brown case.
    www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/121brown
 



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