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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 Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954) Case Summary of Bolling v. Sharpe: A group of African-American students were denied admission to a D.C. public school because of their race. They sued, alleging that racial segregation violates due process guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment. The District Court dismissed the complaint, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari […]
Read moreAlthough the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made racial segregation illegal in the United States, the practice of segregation continued. This practice of separating minorities, especially black Americans, from whites was labeled de facto segregation, and commonly occurred in schools, though such public places as diners, beaches, and others remained segregated. To explore this concept, consider the following de facto […]
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