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Peer reviewedFife, Brian L. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1996
Presents a review of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions on school desegregation (since "Plessy v. Ferguson" in 1896) to assess the law's evolution over the past 100 years. Findings reveal that the Supreme Court has been responsible for both reinforcing the U.S. system of apartheid and for dismantling it. Changes in the law since the Brown…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, History
Batson, Steve W. – 1985
"State action" is a term used to describe claims arising under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act for which a private party is seeking damages because the state has violated that party's civil rights. Cases are summarized illustrating the doctrine's evolution over the past century. The 1875 Civil…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
