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Separate and Not Equal
Relying on the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, the complainants in Brown v. Board of Education argued that segregated schools were unconstitutional. The landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision ended school segregation, stating, "We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
Complaint, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, June 19, 1951, Records of District Courts of the United States |