the brown v board of education took place at topeka.
the brown v board of education took place at topeka.
where did the brown v board of education take place?
topeka
spssi's political activism continued after the war. in 1954, in brown v board of education, the united states supreme court ruled that segregation by race was no longer permissible in us schools. in the lower court decisions leading up to the supreme court case, many spssi members testified as expert witnesses on the side of desegregation. they also prepared an appendix to a legal brief—the social science statement—that summarized the social science evidence in favor of desegregation. chief justice earl warren referred to this body of evidence as influential in the court's decision. not only is brown v board considered one of the most important cases in the history of the supreme court, it marked one of the first times that the court considered social science evidence in its deliberations.
society for the psychological study of social issues
when she graduated from high school, reid studied at howard university and then tufts university, where she was exposed for the first time to students from different racial, ethnic and geographical backgrounds. when she started at tufts as a sophomore, her intention was not to become a lawyer but rather gain a well-rounded education. reid and her twin, who was studying at yale, were majorly influenced by the 1954 major historic moment in american history for educational equity, brown v board of education. reid and her brother traveled to the supreme court in september 1958 to watch a decision related to brown v board, in which a case in arkansas had been climbing the courts to prevent integration of schools in little rock. the case of aaron v cooper went to the supreme court, and reid and her brother were able to witness thurgood marshall’s argument and the historic decision that continued the implementation of brown v board in all states.
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