Secondary Rules

Brown v. Board of Education

Episode Summary

Welcome to the first episode of a new season of Secondary Rules! In Season 2, hosts Ryan Goss and Joshua Neoh tell the stories behind great landmark court decisions — pulling them apart, talking them through, and thinking about why anyone interested in law may be interested in these cases. This week, it's the US Supreme Court in Brown v Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).

Episode Notes

This week, Joshua Neoh and Ryan Goss delve deep into one of the most pivotal cases in American legal history: Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954). Discover how the case forever changed the landscape of education and civil rights in the United States through its ruling that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional.

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