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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Background | Smith v. Allwright | Morgan v. Virginia | Shelley v. Kraemer | Sweatt v. Painter | Palko v. Connecticut | McLaurin v. Oklahoma | Brown I | Brown II | Loving v. Virginia | Parents Involved in Community Schools | Thurgood Marshall | Earl Warren | Books
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Plessy v. Ferguson Links to information on this case.
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Separate But Equal? The Road to Brown
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Answers.com: Smith v. Allwright
Oyez: Smith v. Allwright Summary of the case and link to the opinion.
Smith v. Allwright - Further Readings An overview of the case.
University of Texas at Austin: White Primaries: Smith v. Allwright Background on the case.
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Answers.com: Morgan v. Virginia Encyclopedia article.
Law Library: American Law and Legal Information: Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia Overview of the case.
PBS: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Morgan v. Virginia
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Answers.com: Shelley v. Kraemer
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Oyez: Shelley v. Kraemer Summary of the case and link to the opinion.
Law Library: American Law and Legal Information: Shelley v. Kraemer Overview of the case.
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Answers.com: Sweatt v. Painter
Oyez: Sweatt v. Painter Summary of the case and link to the opinion.
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University of Texas: Heman Marion Sweatt’s Legal Challenge that Integrated The University of Texas Long article and links.
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)
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Law Library: American Law and Legal Information: McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Overview of the case.
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Encarta: Brown v. Board of Education
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University of Michigan: Brown v. Board of Education Digital Archive
New York Times: High Court Bans School Segregation News article announcing the decision.
National Archives: Order of Argument in the Case A nice background on the case along with a primary source document.
Landmark Supreme Court Cases: Brown v. Board of Education Resources include background summaries, key excerpts of the majority opinion, and a diagram of how this case moved through the court system.
Oyez: Brown v. Board of Education Summary of the case and link to the opinion.
Brown v. Board of Education — Further Readings Overview of the case.
PBS: Supreme Court History: Brown v. Board of Education
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Oyez: Brown II Summary of the case and link to the opinion.
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Answers.com: Loving v. Virginia
Oyez: Loving v. Virginia A brief summary of the case with links to the oral argument, briefs, and written opinion.
Law Library: American Law and Legal Information: Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia Overview of the case.
ABC News: Groundbreaking Interracial Marriage A report 40 years after the case.
NPR: Loving Decision: 40 Years of Legal Interracial Unions
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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 (2007)
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Oyez: Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No.1 A brief summary of the case with links to the oral argument, briefs, and written opinion.
CBS News: High Court Limits Race in School Choice
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LII: Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No.1
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Columbia Encyclopedia: Thurgood Marshall
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Thurgood Marshall — Further Readings
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New York Times Obituary: Civil Rights Hero Dies at 84
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary Interviews, speeches, articles, photographs, and excerpts from Juan William’s book on Marshall.
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Answers.com: Chief Justice Earl Warren
LBJ Library: Oral Histories—Earl Warren
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New York Times Obituary: Earl Warren, 83
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Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America’s Struggle for Equality By Richard Kluger.
Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy By James T. Patterson.
Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents By Waldo E. Martin.
Brown v. Board of Education: Witness to a Landmark Decision By Jack Greenberg.
Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement By Michael J. Klarman.
What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said: The Nation’s Top Legal Experts Rewrite America’s Landmark Civil Rights Decision By Jack Balkin.
All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education By Charles J. Ogletree.
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary By Juan Williams.
Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made By Jim Newton.
Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren By Ed Cray.
Brown v. Board of Education: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (PDF file)
