Brown V. Board of Education

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This paper discusses racism in the USA and particularly highlights a landmark case of 'Brown v. Board of Education' involving black children being denied admission to schools that were attended by white children.

Outline:
Introduction - Racism in the United States
Racism, History, and the Courts
Brown v. Board of Education
The Problems of Desegregation and Civil Rights
Social Change
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The American justice system prides itself for being color blind, yet more than half of the prison population is made up of black men or women, accounting for one million individuals in prison (Marable, 2000). African Americans make up only fourteen percent of all drug users in America, yet constitute thirty-five percent of all drug arrests, fifty-five percent of all drug convictions, and seventy-five percent of all drug admissions for drug offences. Statistically, more than eight out of every ten African Americans males will be arrested at some point in their lives."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. 347 U.S. 483. S. Ct. 1954.2005. The National Center of Public Policy Research. http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html
• Cozzens, L. 1995. Plessy v. Ferguson. 163 U.S. 537. S. Ct. 1896. http:www.watson. org/~lisa/blackhistory/post-civilwar/plessy.html
• Dobbins, J.E. & Skillings, J.H. 2000. Racism as a clinical syndrome. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70(1).
• Harrell, S.P., Ph.D. 2000. A multidimensional conceptualization of racism-related stress: implications for the well-being of people of color. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70(1).
• Marable, M. 2000. Racism, prisons, and the future of black America. Unpublished manuscript.

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