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An African American man named Plessy refused to move from a train that was only for white passengers. He was arrested and faced court. The court states that races should be separate, but equal in public accommodations. Segregations laws were legal in the United States affecting African Americans, negatively. -
In New York, Children would recite the pledge of allegiance and a prayer because it was law. A parent sued because according to the first amendment government should not interfere with religion. The court decided that the prayer should not be recited because it was written by the state of New York. The prayer did violate the constitution. -
Oliver Brown filed a suit against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. His daughter was refused an entrance to a white school. Although segregation was made legal by Plessy v. Ferguson. Brown claimed, segregation violated the 14th amendment. The United States decided to ban segregation on in public schools. This case gave African Americans a more equal education. -
In prior years, schools in the United States were not equal between men and women. After Title IX, male and female have access and equality in education. The education has changed for both genders, positively. The students have gained more rights. -
Families of Chinese descent students filed a lawsuit against the San Francisco Unified School District. The students were not fluent in English and were not receiving the English courses that were needed. The court denied the students the help they needed because it did not violate the 14th amendment. The students felt they were not receiving an equal education -
In the United States many children with disabilities were not eligble to attend schools. The creation of Education of all Handicapped Children Act, all public schools would be required to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities. All children with disabilities are evaluated and created a plan to help them succeed in their education. Today, all teachers are taught how to help students with disabilities. -
Laws in Texas prohibited immigrant children from attending public schools. The Supreme Court decided it was unconstitutional for public schools to deny admission to the children. The children highly affected were immigrant children of Mexican decent. Today, no immigrant child from any background can be deny admission. -
Nichole Force was a middle school student who claims that she was not allowed to partake in the school’s football team because she was female. The court decided that due to safety reasons females should not participate in that sport. The girls would be competing with boys of all sizes. Schools are permitted to have separate but equal teams in sports.