- "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty
 - Exhibition from the Library of Congress. - African American History: Brown v. Board of Education
- Overview of the landmark case and its legacy.
- Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
- Examines the legacy and impact of Brown v. Board of Education, a Supreme Court decision that ended legal segregation in U.S. education. From PBS.
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
- Commemorating the Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation in public schools, saying that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
- Brown v. Board of Education Resources
- Offers links to sites about the Brown decision and the struggle for educational equality. From the U.S. Department of Education.
- Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
- Text of the Supreme Court's second decision in the case, outlining the legal remedies designed to end racial discrimination in public education.
- Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
- Text of the Supreme Court's decision stating that the "separate but equal" doctrine adopted in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case had no place in public education.
- Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed America
- Explains the five separate cases that challenged segregation in the early 1950s and how they were consolidated by the Supreme Court in the Brown case.
- Civil Rights: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- Syllabus and text of the majority opinion written by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
- In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality
- Information about Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and exhibit devoted to African American public schools in Kansas from 1855 to 1955.
- Integration of Little Rock Central High School@
- Learn about the Integration of Little Rock Central High School, an event where nine black students were denied entrance to the school. Sites include Articles, history, audio, videos, and pictures on the act that defied the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordering integration of public schools.
- Jefferson: Brown v. Board of Education
- Background to the case, photograph of Thurgood Marshall with James Nabrit and George Hayes, and excerpts from the court's decision.
- Plessy v Ferguson: 163 U.S. 537 (1896)@
- Learn about Plessy v. Ferguson, the landmark decision which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public accommodations. Sites offer background information, overview, analysis, and text of the verdict that passed the "separate but equal" provision.
- Wikipedia: Brown v. Board of Education
- Hyperlinked article exploring the landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court explicitly outlawed segregated public education facilities.
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