Most of us are familiar with the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education; but what led to the ruling? This video not only contains the case brief but also a timeline to better understand the ruling.

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Definitions:

*Issue
Question the court must answer.
*Holding
courts ruling
*Jim Crow
systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating black people
*Black Codes
statutes passed by the exConfederate states, 1865–66, dealing with the status of the newly freed slaves
*Inherent
an essential characteristic

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Sources:
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/fede...
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timel...
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