Brown v. Board of Education

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Across
  1. 4. Amendment used to justify prohibiting segregation.
  2. 5. Equal ____ Clause of the 14th Amendment.
  3. 8. Vote by which the Supreme Court ruled on this case.
  4. 9. Town where Oliver Brown sued the Board of Education.
  5. 10. Organization that oversaw much of the litigation in Brown v. Board of Education and similar cases.
Down
  1. 1. Brown v. Board of _____
  2. 2. Year of ruling of Brown v. Board of Education.
  3. 3. Had to walk several blocks to an all-Black school.
  4. 6. Seperate but ____ doctrine overturned by Brown v. Board of Education.
  5. 7. Oliver Brown sued the federal school systems claiming that the “separate but equal” doctrine that segregated schools was inherently unequal. The court unanimously ruled that the “separate but equal” sentiment was unequal and unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause.