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Arguments On Desegregation
Title: Arguments On Desegregation
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 959 | Pages: 4.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Arguments On Desegregation
ARGUMENTS ON DESEGREGATION
The challenge of desegregating schools was brought upon in 1954 by five separate court cases, ultimately joined together and called Brown v. The Board of Education. Though each case was different, they all revolved around the main argument that segregation itself violated the "equal protection under the laws" guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, and had detrimental psychological effects on Negroes. Segregation was almost always initiated by whites, and initiated on the basis that …showed first 75 words of 959 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 959 total…same education that whites were receiving. Once they were finally granted rights into the schools, the stress they were experiencing caused even more psychological problems and learning disabilities. During this time, it was forgotten that the major function of schools was and always will be to educate, and that should never be based on race, religion or color.
WORKS CITED
Stephan, Walter and Feagin, Joe. School Desegregation: Past, Present, and Future. Plenum Press. 1980. New York.
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