...at page 489, 74 S.Ct. at page 689, it noted that, at the time the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted, "In the South, the movement toward free common schools,...taxation, had not yet taken hold. • * * Education of Negroes was almost nonexistent, and practically all of the race were illiterate." It then proceeded...

...illiteracy — cf. the Supreme Court's language in Brown v. Board o/ Education, 1954, 347 US 483, 490 "Education of Negroes was almost non-existent and practically all of the race were illiterate" — and when both Negroes and whites had passed through two decades of the tragedy of Reconstruction...

...illiteracy — cf. the Supreme Court's language in Brown v. Board of Education, 1954, 347 US 483, 490 "Education of Negroes was almost non-existent and practically all of the race were illiterate" — and when both Negroes and whites had passed through two decades of the tragedy of Reconstruction...

...common schools supported by the general taxation, had not yet taken hold. Education of white citizens was largely in the hands of private groups. Education...was almost nonexistent, and practically all of the races were illiterate. In fact, any education of Negroes was forbidden by law iu some states. Today,...

...common schools supported by the general taxation, had not yet taken hold. Education of white citizens was largely in the hands of private groups. Education...was almost nonexistent, and practically all of the races were illiterate. In fact, any education of Negroes was forbidden by law in some states. Today,...

...public education at that time.' In the South, the movement toward free common schools, sup400 ported by general taxation, had not yet taken hold. Education...the hands of private groups. Education of Negroes waa almost nonexistent, and practically all of the race were illiterate. In fact, any education of...

...public education at that time.* In the South, the movement toward free common schools, sup490 ported by general taxation, had not yet taken hold. Education of white children waa largely in the hands of private groups. Education of Negroes was almost nonexistent, and practically...

...Amendment's history, with respect to segregated schools, is the status of public education at that time. ln the South, the movement toward free common schools,...general taxation, had not yet taken hold. Education of Negroes was almost non-existent, and practically all of the race were illiterate. ln fact, any education...

...Amendment's history, with respect to segregated schools, is the status of public education at that time. in the South, the movement toward free common schools,...of private groups. Education of Negroes was almost AP American Government by Satellite - Page 12 nonexistent, and practically all of the race were illiterate....

...to resolve the problem with which we are faced," Warren said. At the time the amendment was written, "Education of Negroes was almost nonexistent, and practically all of the race was illiterate. In fact," the chief justice said, "any education of Negroes was forbidden by law."...