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Following is a sample essay for the Supreme Court case essay on page vii. Education, decided by the Supreme Court in 1954, segregation in American education became illegal. Prior to 1954 the law stated that “separate but equal” facilities were acceptable for separating blacks and whites. | APPENDIX Answers and Explanations Following is a sample essay for the Supreme Court case essay on page vii. Answer Throughout U.S. history the United States Supreme Court has dealt with many major issues. Three major cases that have had profound impact on society and law enforcement are Brown v. Board of Education 1954 Miranda v. Arizona 1966 and Roe v. Wade 1973 . In each case the decision the circumstances and the significance changed the way we think and act. In Brown v. Board of Education decided by the Supreme Court in 1954 segregation in American education became illegal. Prior to 1954 the law stated that separate but equal facilities were acceptable for separating blacks and whites. In another Supreme Court case called Plessy v. Ferguson decided by the Supreme Court in 1896 the court said that as long as railroad cars were the same blacks could be forced into separate cars from whites. From 1896 to 1954 this separate but equal rule was applied by those states wishing to maintain other segregated facilities and the rule was applied to school systems. However in 1954 the family of a black student named Brown sued the city of Topeka Kansas claiming that separate educational facilities provided for blacks were inherently inferior to those provided for whites and therefore they were merely separate and not equal. The attorneys for Brown argued that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which includes the equal protection clause was being violated because the rights of black students to a quality education were not being protected in the same way that white students rights were being protected. The doctrine of separate but equal was therefore unconstitutional. The Supreme Court unanimously agreed. As a result of this decision no state could enforce segregation in its schools and public education in the United States changed forever. This was a major legal decision that had profound effects on American society. In the case of Miranda v.