“That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason.” — from Jackson's Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal

Brown v. Board of Education Essay Contest

"Can Separate Ever Be Equal?" The Robert H. Jackson Center and Law, Youth, and Citizenship Program of the New York State Bar Association are sponsoring this essay contest for high school students of American History. Application deadline is March 26, 2004.

Reference Material

The New York Times Education Life
Brown Foundation
National Parks

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
American Bar Association
Georgetown University

Thoughts on Justice Jackson's Unpublished Opinion on Brown v. Board
Reference Material from NPR

"Justice Robert H. Jackson and Segregation: A Study of the Limitations and Proper Basis of Judicial Action"-article by Jeffrey Hockett

Law, Youth, and Citizenship Program of the New York State Bar Association

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