Bolling v. Sharpe

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1954-05-17

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Mr. Chief Justice Warren delivered the opinion of the Court. This case challenges the validity of segregation in the public schools of the District of Columbia. The petitioners, minors of the Negro race, allege that such segregation deprives them of due process of law under the Fifth Amendment. They were refused admission to a public school attended by white c…

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