Part+2+The+Supreme+Court


 * Supreme Courts ruling**


 * 1) **Supreme Court ruled separate is not equal and it is unconstitutional**
 * 2) **Court ruled that separate institutions are inherently equal**
 * 3) **believed it to deny Blacks and other minorities of equal protection granted under the 14th amendment**
 * 4) **Denies children of racial background a equal environment, and depriving children of equal education**
 * 5) **Writ of certiorari was granted to the petitioners in 1952 by the Supreme court**
 * 6) **General opinion of the court was that separation based upon race or background was immoral and makes minorities feel inferior to whites**

**National facts based upon research conducted** **http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html**

**Argument and opinion of the court**

General based argument was that Plessy vs Ferguson held no power in public Declared unconstitutional due to violation of the 14th amendment Opinion of the court was that separation was no longer equal going against the earlier rulings of the Plessy vs Ferguson case


 * http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html**

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**Sig****nificance**
 * **Overruled Plessy vs Ferguson ruling of 1896**
 * **Forced integration of whites and blacks into schools**
 * **Destroyed segregation of schools based upon color**
 * **Finally got rid of the idea of Separate but Equal**