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===Basic Work: After being a governor of the state of California for three terms from 1942 to 1954, as a fourteenth chief justice of the United States, he contributed to racial equality and civil rights by making liberal decisions.===

===**Why/How a mover?** Warren stressed the importance of education in the consciousness of American life. The most notable case decided by the Warren Court was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS (1954), in which the court held that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This decision overturned a previous court decision, in 1893, that held that separate but equal facilities were permitted under the constitution. The Brown decision initiated the integration of public schools all across the country. In Warren’s opinion in Brown v. Board of Education he wrote, “…we cannot turn the clock back to 1868, when the Amendment was adopted, or even to 1896, when Plessy v. Ferguson was written. We must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in American life throughout the Nation. Only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws.”===

===**Links**: __[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Warren http://www.landmarkcases.org/brown/warren.html http://warren.ucsd.edu/aboutwarren/college_overview/earl_warren.php http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=87]__===