Separate But Equal

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Separate but equal movie
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Questão Responda
Reverend J.A Delaine Methodist minister and civil rights leader
Harry Briggs Jr. challenged school segregation in Summerton, South Carolina. It was the first of the five cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the famous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional
Thurgood Marshall attorney for the parents in south carolina supreme court case against segregated schools
John w. Davis lawyer who represented south carolina (fought for segregation)
Earl Warren Chef justice in the case Briggs vs. Elliot and brown vs. board of education (against segregation)
14 amendment equal protection under the law
de jure segregation segregation by law
de facto segregation no law just happens
jim crow laws segregation laws in the south
Original jurisdiction authority of the court to hear a case for the first time.
Appellate jurisdiction authority of the court to hear a case to hear a case appealed from the lower court.
legal brief a written description explaining the position of one side or the other in a case.
majority opinion statement stating majority's opinion of supreme court
Dissenting opinion stat mnt stating their opinion (if it disagrees with majority only)
"stare decisis" principal followed by the supreme court (latin meaning let yesterday's decision stand)
Precedent a ruling that is used for the basis for a judicial in a later, similar case.
plessy v. fergosen case that established separate but equal
Due process of law meaning fair and equal treatment of law (5th and 14th)

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