Concept information
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education in society and culture
multiculturalism and special populations
African American education
legal cases
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education in society and culture
multiculturalism and special populations
African American education
legal cases
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Bolling v. Sharpe
Definition
- In Bolling v. Sharpe (1954), African American junior high school students challenged the denial of their requests for admission to all-White schools in Washington, D.C. The case was linked to similar cases in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) case, but it raised particular issues, because the federal government rather than the states was being accused of discrimination. The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not be held to a lesser standard in this important issue of liberty.Facts of the CaseThe schools that the African American students attended were in poor physical condition and lacked adequate educational materials. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Boilling v. Sharpe]
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Date
- 1954
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Bolling_v._Sharpe
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