Explain the importance of the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

What will be an ideal response?


The most significant change in educational institutions in the past half century was desegregation. Efforts to desegregate public schools began in 1954 with the Court's ruling in this case. The Court held that segregation in itself had a negative.

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The principal weapons in the protection of dominant group privilege are __________

a. prejudice and discrimination b. economic boycotts c. beliefs and values d. attitudes and inaction e. political supplication and economic retaliation

Sociology

What purpose does chronological ordering have in the process of discourse tracing?

a. It enables the research to draw out processes b. It prepares the data for further analysis c. It makes managing large data sets easier

Sociology

Which statement below describes Thorstein Veblen’s “savage society?”

a. peace and cooperation b. war and competition c. individualism d. self-interest

Sociology

In the middle of the twentieth century, the focus of sociology shifted from theorizing and information gathering to a more active interest in transforming society.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology