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Following is the case brief for Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974) Case Summary of Milliken v. Bradley: The Detroit branch of the NAACP brought suit in federal court because of the continuing segregation in Detroit’s public schools. The District Court, noting that Detroit’s segregation was due to State-imposed action, adopted a desegregation plan that included the 53 districts […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971) Case Summary of Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education: Having implemented a desegregation plan, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system still had de facto segregation, with many African-American students still attending many schools that were at least 99% African-American. Petitioner Swann sued, and the District Court […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958) Case Summary of Cooper v. Aaron: After the U.S. Supreme Court issued its now famous Brown v. Board of Education decision, desegregating the schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, the Governor and Legislature of Arkansas actively resisted the Court’s decision. The chaos and turmoil the state officials created […]
Read moreJim Crow Laws are a part of American history, having been enacted at the state and local levels to mandate and maintain racial segregation in the southern United States. Public facilities followed these laws in order to abide by the “separate but equal” status used to classify black Americans at the time. Facilities set apart for use by black Americans were […]
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