Equal Protection Under The Law- Education

14th Amendment

Jul 9, 1868

Contains both the due process clause and equal protection laws.
It has five sections.

Plessy v. Ferguson

May 18, 1896

Case decided that segregation was constitutional. Actually created the separate but equal doctrine.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

May 17, 1954

Overturning Plessy v. Ferguson, declared segregation unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection laws in the 14th amendment. Therefore putting an end to the separate but equal doctrine.

Swann v. Charlotte-Meckleberg

Apr 20, 1971

Decision was made to try to speed up the desegregation of schools. Trying to fix attendance zones so that everything is fair.