,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ac1 
#bjai,mr4 ,roberts 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,moran7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,honoring the #feth       
anniversary on ,may #ag1 #bjai1 of the  
landmark decision of the ,supreme ,court
 in ,brown v4 ,board of ,education1 #cdg
 ,u4,s4 #dhc 7#aied74  ,whereas in      
#aiej1 #i-year-old ,linda ,brown1 the   
daughter of ,oliver ,l4 ,brown1 was     
denied entry into the all ,white ,sumner
 ,elementary ,school in ,topeka1        
,kansas1 and forced to attend the all   
,black ,monroe ,elementary ,school in   
,topeka1 ,kansas2 ,whereas1 on ,february
 #bh1 #aiea1 the complaint in ,brown v4 
,board of ,education was filed with the 
,united ,states ,district ,court for the
 ,district of ,kansas1 with ,oliver ,l4 
,brown as the lead plaintiff2 ,whereas  
the plaintiffs in ,brown v4 ,board of   

,education appealed the ruling of the   
district court to the ,supreme ,court2  
,whereas1 at the ,supreme ,court1 the   
case of ,brown v4 ,board of ,education  
was combined with other cases from      
,south ,carolina1 ,delaware1 ,virginia1 
and the ,district of ,columbia regarding
 segregation in public schools2 ,whereas
 ,thurgood ,marshall argued the case of 
,brown v4 ,board of ,education before   
the ,supreme ,court as lead counsel for 
the appellants2 ,whereas1 on ,may #ag1  
#aied1 the ,supreme ,court delivered a  
unanimous opinion holding that-- 7#a7   
separate educational facilities are     
inherently unequal2 and  7#b7 the       
separate but equal doctrine violated the
 #adth ,amendment to the ,constitution  
of the ,united ,states1 which states    
that no citizen may be denied equal     
protection under the law2  ,whereas     
,brown v4 ,board of ,education1 #cdg    
,u4,s4 #dhc 7#aied7-- 7#a7 overruled the
 #ahif decision in ,plessy v4 ,ferguson1
 #afc ,u4,s4 #ecg 7#ahif72  7#b7 ended  

discriminatory ,jim ,crow laws2 and     
7#c7 invalidated the separate but equal 
doctrine1 ending segregated classrooms  
in ,kansas and across the ,united       
,states2  ,whereas1 in a second opinion 
issued on ,may #ca1 #aiee1 the ,supreme 
,court decreed that schools should be   
desegregated with all deliberate speed2 
,whereas1 because of the role that      
,linda ,brown played in ending racial   
segregation in the ,united ,states1     
,linda ,brown became a civil rights icon
 and continued to be a voice for school 
desegregation in ,topeka1 ,kansas2      
,whereas ,linda ,brown passed away on   
,march #bg1 #bjah1 at the age of #ge in 
,topeka1 ,kansas2 and ,whereas ,congress
 established the ,brown v4 ,board of    
,education ,national ,historic ,site1   
which is located at ,monroe ,elementary 
,school in ,topeka1 ,kansas1 the school 
that ,linda ,brown attended3 ,now1      
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate     
recognizes and celebrates-- 7#a7 the    
#feth anniversary on ,may #ag1 #bjai1 of

 the landmark decision of the ,supreme  
,court in ,brown v4 ,board of           
,education1 #cdg ,u4,s4 #dhc 7#aied72   
and  7#b7 the contribution the decision 
has made to-- 7,a7 equal education2 and 
7,b7 equal justice under the law1 which 
is recognized in the ,declaration of    
,independence and guaranteed by the     
,constitution of the ,united ,states4