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... > social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > education law > litigation: desegregation and affirmative action > Dowell v. Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools

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Dowell v. Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools  

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  • Dowell v. Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools is the name given to a series of cases that moved back and forth through the federal courts for more than three decades as Oklahoma schools worked to achieve desegregation to the court's satisfaction. The significance of Dowell is that the Supreme Court upheld the authority and discretion of lower courts to address issues relating to school desegregation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Dowell v. Board of Education of Oklahoma City Public Schools]

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