Separate but equal

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Reverend J.A. Delaine Minister and teacher at school in which he goes and asks the white school for a bus to save his students from walking 5 miles everyday.
Harry Briggs Jr. Little African American boy who walked 5 miles to school each day because school didn't have a bus.
Thurgood Marshall Attorney for the black parents in the South Carolina supreme court case against segregated schools.
John W. Davis Lawyer who represented South Carolina's side.
Earl Warren Chief justice of the Supreme Court in Briggs vs. Elliot and Brown vs. Board of Education. (against segregated schools)
14th Amendment One of Civil War Amendments; defined US citizenship and guarantees "Equal protection under the laws"
De jure segregation Segregation established by law.
De facto segregation Latin phrase that means "by fact." Segregation that occurred NOT by law, but as a result of tradition.
Jim Crow Laws Segregation laws in the South
Original jurisdiction Authority of a court to hear a case for the first time
Appellate jurisdiction Authority of a court to hear a case APPEALED from a lower court
Legal brief Written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a case
Majority opinion Statement that presents the views of the majority of the Supreme Court justices regarding a case
Dissenting opinion Statement written by a Supreme Court justice who disagrees with the majority opinion, presenting his or her own opinion
"stare decisis" Principle followed by judges and the Supreme Court: Latin term that means "Let yesterday's decision stand"
Precedent Ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case.
Due process of laws Means fair and equal treatment in a court of law.
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) Case of a slave named Dred Scott. Supreme Court ruled that enslaved African Americans were property, not citizens, and had no rights under the Constitution.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Case about Homer Plessy, a black man, who purchased a ticked to ride in the whites only railroad car in Louisiana.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) Banned segregation in public schools.
Briggs v. Elliot (1954) Case that challenged segregated schools in Clarendon County, SC.
Korematsu v. US (1944) During WW2 Japanese American citizens living on the West Coast were moved to internment camps. Supreme Court upheld the President's authority to do this.
University of California v. Bakke (1978) Supreme Court case on affirmative action. It bars use of racial quota systems in college admissions but also affirmative action programs are constitutional.
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