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Brown: 'The Noblest Decision'
Caughey, John | May 18, 1974 issue

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Focuses on the ruling given by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 17, 1954 in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, rejecting the doctrine of "separate but equal" and held the segregated school in violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution. Significance of court ruling with respect to protection of civil rights of minorities by application of the Constitution; Media attention received by the ruling; Impact of the ruling on policies of various school boards on the issue of separate educational facilities for racial minorities.

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UNITED States. Supreme Court; JUDGMENTS; MINORITIES -- Civil rights; CONSTITUTIONAL law; UNITED States
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