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Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
- 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483"Overview: The "separate but equal" doctrine was overruled because separate, segregated educational facilities were inherently unequal under the Fourteenth Amendment as a violation of the equal protection of the laws, regardless of equality of the facilities."
- Brown v. Board of Education (Legal Information Institute)provides syllabus and opinion
Great American Court CasesCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 385 .A4 G68 1999ch4ck availability
"provides the background of the case and issues involved, the main arguments presented by each side, and an explanation of the court’s decision, as well as the legal, political, and social impact of the decision"
v.1, Individual Liberties -- v.2, Criminal Justice -- v.3, Equal Protection & Family Law -- v.4, Business & Government
CQ Researcher
- 2004: School Desegregation
- 1996: Rethinking School Integration
- 1995: Housing Discrimination
- 1975: Busing Reappraisal
- 1974: Desegregation After 20 Years
- 1973: Education Equality
- 1972: Blacks on Campus
- 1972: School Busing & Politics
- 1967: Open Housing
- 1964: School Desegregation: 1954-1964
- 1963: Interracial Housing
- 1958: School Integration: Fifth Year
- 1958: Residential Desegregation
- 1957: Legal Processes in Race Relations
- 1956: Enforcement of School Integration
- 1955: School Desegregation
- 1954: Segregation in Churches
- 1952: Race Segregation
- 1947: Negro Segregation
Congressional Digest
Congressional Digest provides a monthly analysis of the pros and cons of public policy issues. For example:
- 2017: September -- School Choice
- 2015: June -- Student Athletes
- 2014: April -- Early Childhood Education: The Universal Preschool Debate
- 2010: November -- The DREAM Act: Immigrant Access to Higher Education
- 2009: November -- Proposed Changes in Education Investment
- 2008: May -- No Child Left Behind Revisited
- 2006: June -- Federal Student Aid
- 2005: January -- Special Education Reform
- 1999: August/September -- The Federal Role in Education
- 1997: November -- National Educational Tests
- 1990: August/September -- The Civil Rights Act of 1990
- 1987: March -- Controversy Over Bilingual Education
- 1985: January -- Pending Civil Rights Legislation
- 1981: February -- School Busing
- 1974: April -- "School Busing" Controversy
- 1972: August/September -- Financing Public Education
- 1970: April -- Federal School Racial Policy
- 1969: February -- School Desegregation Guidelines
- 1960: January -- New Civil Rights Legislation
- 1959: June/July -- Federal Aid to Public Education
- 1958: August/September -- Challenge of Today's Public Schools
- 1957: April -- Civil Rights Legislation; November -- Federal Aid for School Construction
- 1955: August/September -- Federal Subsidies to Higher Education
- 1954: November -- Federal Funds for Public Schools
- 1950: February -- Federal Civil Rights Program
- 1949: November -- Federal Aid to Education
- 1946: February -- Federal Funds for Public Schools
- 1944: February -- Federal Aid to Public Schools
- 1934: February -- The U.S. Public School Crisis; August/September -- Federal Monies for Public Schools
- 1926: May -- A Federal Department of Education
- 1924: February -- Sterling/Reed Education Bill
- 1921: December -- Department of Education Bill