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          Date of Hearing:   May 8, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                   ACR 140 (Weber) - As Introduced:  April 23, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

           SUMMARY :   Commemorates the Brown v. Board of Education (1954)  
          347 U.S. 483 decision and urges the State Department of  
          Education to provide model instructional materials to schools  
          that encourages schools to observe the Brown v. Board of  
          Education decision.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the  
          following legislative findings:

          1)In 1896, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v.  
            Ferguson (1896) 163 U.S. 537 that the segregation of the races  
            is legal as long as facilities are "separate but equal."

          2)On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court in Brown v.  
            Board of Education of Topeka (1954) 347 U.S. 483 unanimously  
            overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine of law.

          3)This highly controversial decision became the legal impetus to  
            school desegregation throughout the United States and one of  
            the most profound social revolutions in the country.

          4)The activism generated to implement the Brown v. Board of  
            Education decision was a catalyst to the Civil Rights Movement  
            for equality that gained momentum in the 1960's which led to  
            further desegregation of public facilities and which continues  
            today.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          California School Boards Association (CSBA)

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800