BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 140 (Weber)
As Introduced April 23, 2014
Majority vote
RULES 10-0
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|Ayes:|Gordon, Wilk, Brown, |
| |Ch�vez, Dababneh, |
| |Gonzalez, Hagman, |
| |Nazarian, Quirk, Waldron |
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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 1960s which led to
further desegregation of public facilities and which continues
today.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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