1954
Bolling v. Sharpe
On the same day as Brown v. Board, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in District of Columbia public schools violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment[3][10]. The Court held that segregated schools in the capital were inherently unequal, …
Washington, D.C., DC
Education & schools
Jim Crow
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On the same day as Brown v. Board, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in District of Columbia public schools violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment[3][10]. The Court held that segregated schools in the capital were inherently unequal, incorporating Equal Protection principles against the federal government[3]. This decision ended school segregation in the nation's capital[10].