從Briggs案 到 Brown案

當Briggs案進入審判期，馬歇爾說明了花在黑人兒童小學上的經費少得可憐、而這些學校與白人兒童就讀的學校也處於不平等的地位。

法院同意這些學校有所不平等，但只要Clarendon郡內能讓黑人與白人兒童的學校達到平衡即可，但馬歇爾並不同意，他認為只要有隔離政策的出現，就不可能是公平的。他怎麼作呢？

When Briggs went to trial, Marshall showed how little money was spent on schools for black children and how their schools were not equal to schools that white children attended.

The court agreed that the schools were not equal but said it was OK for there to be separate schools as long as Clarendon County made the schools for blacks as good as those for whites. Marshall disagreed. He said the schools would never be equal as long and there were separate schools. What did he do?

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