2. Separate but
(Un)Equal
Separate but Equal Doctrine did not work in practice
Result was discrimination stamped by the law
Segregation was present in all aspects of life
Growing discontent of minorities
3. Cold-war
Soviet Union was offering equality for all
United States needed to respond to such challenge
Ruling elite wanted to prevent radicalisation
4. Bottom-up Approach
Idea of anti-discrimination was getting ever greater
support
Great importance of Civil-rights movements, namely
NAACP
Strategic LITIGATION was employed to remove
discrimination
5. Top-down approach
America wanted to gain moral credit over Soviet Union
Protection of minority was in in the interest of majority
Foreign policy imperatives urges the minority-rights protection
6. Brown v. Board of
Education
Education is right, which must be available for all on equal terms
Segregated education does not offer equal opportunities to everyon
Segregated education violates equal protection clause of 14th amen
Segregation sanctioned by law imposes the stamp of inferiority
Decision was limited to PUBLIC SCHOOLS
