· 12/12/1898
North Chicago Street Railroad v. Nelson
Citations
- 79 Ill. App. 229
- 1898 Ill. App. LEXIS 243
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- concluding the segregation of schools based on race was unconstitutional eighty-six years before the United States Supreme Court decided the same
- rejecting the argument that a school district could forbid African American children from attending school on the ground of race
- desegregating public schools over eighty years before the Brown 28 decision
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Judges: Sears
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