A history of the adoption of the fourteenth amendment with particular reference to its purposes and effects

Author

John Edward Erwin

Publication Date

1956

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Weed, Frederic A.||Howell, Charles E.

Degree Name

M.S. (Master of Science)

Legacy Department

Department of Social Sciences

LCSH

United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment; Reconstruction; Constitutional amendments--United States

Abstract

In 1954, the United States Supreme Court delivered the opinion In the case of Brown v. Board of Education. The Court held that the plaintiffs, by reason of the segregation complained of, were deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.

Comments

Includes bibliographical references.

Recommended Citation

Erwin, John Edward, "A history of the adoption of the fourteenth amendment with particular reference to its purposes and effects" (1956). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 364.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/364

Extent

57 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

Rights Statement

In Copyright

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Media Type

Text