Four Important Cases Four important cases effectively shaped the laws for integration in school in the United States. The first case was Plessy v Furguson. The second was Brown v Board of Education. The third was Griffin v Prince Edward County. The last important case was Freeman v Pitts. These cases looked at how African American children were pushed out of the school system. The first case Plessy v Furguson main issue was whether laws, …
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…this Court's decision while other public schools in the State remained open. In conclusion these cases violated the fourteenth amendment. The also went against blacks and there rights. The cases violated their rights by not putting them in integrated schools. Also they school in these cases did not want blacks in their school. These cases opened the door to other cases around the world. It provided blacks the opportunity to attend schools that were integrated.