According to the fourteenth amendment no state shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the united states nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
A group of 13 parents including oliver brown sued the Topeka school board of education on behalf of their children in federal district court alleging that segregation deprived them of equal protection of the law under the fourteenth amendment
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The separate but equal doctrine has no place in public education
The supreme court agreed to their argument, the court said that the separate but equal doctrine has no place in public education. Separating children just because of race generates a feeling of inferioirty in their hearts.
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The courts decision rejected the separate but equal doctrine the court had approved because of the plessy vs fegurson case now all white schools couldn't reject black children because of their race and wasnt just applied to k-12 but to colleges and universities.