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1952 Brown vs. Board of Education 1st argued...
1952 Brown vs. Board of Education 1st argued...
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December 10, 1952
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 10, 1952
* Brown vs. Board of Education
* Segregation in the South 1st argued
* Chief Council Thurgood Marshall
* Brown vs. Board of Education
* Segregation in the South 1st argued
* Chief Council Thurgood Marshall
The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENT ON SEGREGATION" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, nice condition.
AI notes: Brown v. Board of Education was first argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on December 9–11, 1952, with December 10, 1952 falling squarely in the middle of those initial arguments. The case actually consolidated five separate school-segregation lawsuits from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., all challenging the constitutionality of racial segregation in public education under the Fourteenth Amendment. Thurgood Marshall, then chief counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, led the arguments for the plaintiffs, attacking the “separate but equal” doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). The Court, deeply divided and uncertain about the historical intent of the Fourteenth Amendment, did not decide the case at that time and instead ordered re-argument in December 1953. The landmark unanimous decision striking down school segregation would not come until May 17, 1954, under newly appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren.
Complete with 40 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, nice condition.
AI notes: Brown v. Board of Education was first argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on December 9–11, 1952, with December 10, 1952 falling squarely in the middle of those initial arguments. The case actually consolidated five separate school-segregation lawsuits from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., all challenging the constitutionality of racial segregation in public education under the Fourteenth Amendment. Thurgood Marshall, then chief counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, led the arguments for the plaintiffs, attacking the “separate but equal” doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). The Court, deeply divided and uncertain about the historical intent of the Fourteenth Amendment, did not decide the case at that time and instead ordered re-argument in December 1953. The landmark unanimous decision striking down school segregation would not come until May 17, 1954, under newly appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren.
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