Supreme Court ruling against bus segregation
GPTKB entity
Properties (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:context |
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
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| gptkbp:culturalImpact |
inspired art and literature
influenced music shaped public discourse inspired youth activism led to the establishment of civil rights organizations influenced education policies influenced global civil rights movements affected political campaigns influenced the media portrayal of civil rights issues inspired protests and demonstrations led to changes in local laws led to the reevaluation of historical figures shaped civil rights legislation affected_international_perceptions_of_the_U.S. influenced_Supreme_Court_jurisprudence influenced_the_interpretation_of_the_Constitution shaped_the_narrative_of_American_history shaped_the_understanding_of_equality_in_America |
| gptkbp:date |
1956
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Supreme Court ruling against bus segregation
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:NAACP
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| gptkbp:involved |
defendants
plaintiffs |
| gptkbp:isAttendedBy |
bus segregation
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| gptkbp:judges |
gptkb:Earl_Warren
gptkb:Potter_Stewart gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Charles_Evans_Whittaker gptkb:Byron_White gptkb:Hugo_Black gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr. gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II gptkb:Arthur_Goldberg Constitutionality of segregation |
| gptkbp:ledTo |
increased activism
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| gptkbp:legalStatus |
Equal Protection Clause
increased challenges to segregation laws |
| gptkbp:outcome |
declared bus segregation unconstitutional
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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| gptkbp:precedent |
future civil rights cases
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| gptkbp:publicAccess |
opposition from segregationists
widespread support |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
desegregation of public transportation
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| gptkbp:significance |
landmark decision
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