Brown v. Board of Education

Sued

used the legal process to force a person, company, organization, or government to give you something or do something.

Segregate

to separate people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination

Segregated

the action or state of having set someone or something apart from other people or things.

Segregation

the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination

Precedent

a court decision on a legal question that guides future cases with similar questions

Legal (illegal)

permitted by law

Facility

a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

District Court

a U. S. federal trial level court that serves a judicial district

Appealed (to appeal)

to formally request that a lower court decision be examined and reconsidered by a higher court

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