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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (I) / Excerpts from the Unanimous Opinion

1. What does the Court mean by the "tangible" factors of equality? Are these tangible factors the only factors the Court considered when determining whether the 14th Amendment was violated?

2. In Chief Justice Warren's opinion, how valuable is education? Why?

3. According to the Supreme Court of the United States, what "intangible" factors play a role in whether school facilities are truly equal?

4. Do you think that there are still consequences resulting from schools being segregated in the past?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (II) / Excerpts from the Unanimous Opinion

1. What problems does the Court foresee with the desegregation process?

2. On the basis of this decision, what were segregated school districts required to do to comply with the 14th Amendment?

3. Do you get the sense from this ruling that school districts must desegregate immediately? Why or why not?