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Separate But Equal is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Stevens Jr. released in USA on 7 april 1991 with Graham Beckel
Separate But Equal (1991)
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Add to a movie listSeparate But Equal is a 1991 American television movie depicting the landmark Supreme Court desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, based on the phrase "Separate but equal".
The film stars Sidney Poitier as lead NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall, Richard Kiley as Chief Justice Earl Warren, Burt Lancaster as lawyer John W. Davis (loser of Briggs v. Elliott and the Democratic candidate in the 1924 US presidential election), Cleavon Little as lawyer and judge Robert L. Carter, and Lynne Thigpen as Ruth Alice Stovall. It was Burt Lancaster's final movie before his death. In 1991, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences rewarded the film Outstanding Miniseries award.
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The issue before the United States Supreme Court is whether the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution mandates the individual states to desegregate public schools; that is, whether the nation's "separate but equal" policy heretofore upheld under the law, is unconstitutional. The issue is placed before the Court by Brown v. Board of Education and its companion case, Briggs v. Elliott. Many of the justices personally believe segregation is morally unacceptable, but have difficulty justifying the idea legally under the 14th Amendment. Marshall and Davis argue their respective cases. Marshall argues the equal protection clause extends far enough to the states to prohibit segregated schools. Davis counters that control of public schools is a "state's rights" issue that Congress never intended to be covered by the 14th Amendment when it was passed.Actors
Graham Beckel
(Josiah C. Tulley)
Sidney Poitier
(Thurgood Marshall)
Burt Lancaster
(John W. Davis)
Gloria Foster
(Vivian 'Buster' Marshall)
Richard Kiley
(Chief Justice Earl Warren)
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