Constitution Class Video – Equal Protection/What Is Discrimination?

Grade
9-12
Lesson Duration

From Annenberg Classroom

Topics: What is the purpose of the equal protection clause? What did Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education say? What are two ways of understanding the clause?

This video is “…part of an online course called Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases, which is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.”

Watch video (11:26): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU7Lk3PfcxA&feature=youtu.be

Source

http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/constitution-class-videos

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