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TOPICS

Brownv.BoardofEducation;yearbooksinAmericanschools;indeed;noneof

themis/are;downtothewire

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GLOSSARY

case–alegaldecisionmadebyacourt;alegalactionbroughtbeforeajudgeto

decideifanyonehasbrokenthelaw

*Afterhearingthecase,thejudgedecidedthatthemanwouldbeputinprison

fortwoyearsforstealingmoneyfromhiscompany.

party–agroupofpeoplewhoaredoingthesameactivity;inlaw,peopleor

groupsoneachsideofacourtcase

*Thetwopartiesinvolvedinthecourtcasefinallydecidedtomeetoutsideof

courtandcometoanagreement.

landmarkdecision–extremelyimportantdecisionthatchangeshistory;a

decisionthatchangeshowthingswillbedoneinthefuture

*In2008,thegovernmentmadealandmarkdecisiontoprotecttheenvironment.

inferior–notasgoodassomethingelse;weaker,lesspowerful,orless

importantcomparedtoanother

*IntheU.S.inthe1800s,womenwereconsideredinferiortomen.Today,men

andwomenareoftengiventhesamerightsandopportunities.

torule–tomakealegaldecisionaboutsomething;tosaythatsomethingisright

orwrongaccordingtothelaw

*Thejudgeruledthatanyemployerwhotreatsemployeesunequallybasedon

agewouldbepunished.

toenroll–toregister;toputone’snameonalistsothatonecanattendaschool

orcourseofstudy

*Jessicawantedtolearnhowtofixcars,sosheenrolledinatwo-weekcourse

oncarmechanics.

todesegregate–toendseparationbetweenpeopleofdifferentraces,social

status,orgender;toallowdifferentkindsofpeopletobeinthesamegroup

*Thecoachforcedtheboysandgirlstodesegregateandtoformsportsteam

thatweremadeupofbothboysandgirls.

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