Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Brown_v._Board_of_Education_(1954)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Legal_history_of_the_United_States gptkb:Civil_rights_law African-American history Education law Landmark Supreme Court decision 1954 in United States case law
gptkbp:citation	347 U.S. 483
gptkbp:date	May 17, 1954
gptkbp:decision	gptkb:Earl_Warren per curiam
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Board_of_Education_of_Topeka
gptkbp:effect	Struck down 'separate but equal' doctrine in public education
gptkbp:fullTitle	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education_of_Topeka,_347_U.S._483_(1954)
gptkbp:heldBy	Racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
gptkbp:impact	Desegregation of public schools in the United States
gptkbp:involvedState	gptkb:Delaware gptkb:District_of_Columbia gptkb:Kansas gptkb:South_Carolina gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:lawyerForPlaintiffs	gptkb:Charles_Hamilton_Houston gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall gptkb:Spottswood_Robinson gptkb:Jack_Greenberg gptkb:Robert_L._Carter
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Earl_Warren
gptkbp:legacy	Foundation for later civil rights legislation
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Topeka,_Kansas
gptkbp:mediaType	Subject of books, films, and documentaries
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:NAACP_Legal_Defense_and_Educational_Fund
gptkbp:overruledBy	Plessy v. Ferguson (in part)
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Oliver_Brown
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement subsequent desegregation cases
gptkbp:principle	gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:reargued	December 7–8, 1953
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Bolling_v._Sharpe gptkb:Briggs_v._Elliott gptkb:Davis_v._County_School_Board_of_Prince_Edward_County gptkb:Gebhart_v._Belton
gptkbp:requires	December 9–11, 1952
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:constitutional_law School segregation Racial discrimination
gptkbp:subsequentAction	Brown II (1955) for implementation
gptkbp:unanimousDecision	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_States_(until_1964) gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson_(1896) gptkb:Sarah_Bulah_et_al._v._Francis_B._Gebhart_et_al.
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7