Brown was wrong, and the schools did not have to be equal.
The Civil War amendments were about voting, slavery, and both due process and equal protection in law enforcement.
The rights of US citizens had nothing to do with private or governmental discrimination before they were ratified.
And the case was just the same after they were ratified.
The constitution never did what the Radical Republicans wanted it to.
And it still doesn't.
Judiciously written amendments bringing it a lot closer, at least as regards race, would likely be ratified.
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