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Keyes v. Denver School District Number 1


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Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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On 21 June 1973, the Supreme Court gave its first decision on de facto segregation in education. The justices ruled (7–1) that if racially imbalanced schools stemmed from deliberate policies of school officials, even if no law mandated segregating minority students, then their board must implement a plan to integrate them. In determining how a segregated system developed, the educational hierarchy bears the burden of proof to show that its policies were not responsible for racial separation. The Court ruled on unintentional de facto segregation in M illiken v. B radley . ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Dictionary of American History



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