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Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.

in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

Our answer is this: a denial of constitutionally protected rights demands judicial protection; our oath and our office require no less of us.

To the extent that a citizen's right to vote is debased, he is that much less a citizen.

The basic concept underlying the Eighth Amendment is nothing less than the dignity of man.