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Key points from the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision and
the genocides against Muurs branded African American, Black, Negro, Indian,
Moorish, and People of Color.

- Case challenged segregation of white and Black students in public schools

- Court ruled that segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause of the
14th Amendment

- Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal

- Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) which allowed "separate but equal"

segregation

- Segregation has detrimental psychological effects on minority children

- Education is essential preparation for citizenship and professional life

- Segregation denotes inferiority and negatively impacts motivation to

learn

- Court orders further arguments on how to implement desegregation

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1. What previous Supreme Court case did Brown v. Board overturn?

2. | What Constitutional amendment was cited in the decision?
3. | What was the "separate but equal" doctrine that Plessy v. Ferguson
established?
4. | How did the Court determine that segregated schools were unequal?
5. | What did the Court order for further argument?

ANSWER KEY:

1. | Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |

2. | 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause |
3. | Segregation was legal if facilities were equal for both races |
4. | Psychological harm; segregation denotes inferiority |
5. | How to implement desegregation |