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Good articleBrown v. Board of Education has been listed as one of the Social sciences and society good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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Misconceptions

I've removed the "common misconceptions" section. Nothing in any of the links refers to "common misconceptions"; nothing is cited to show any of the historical misunderstandings are commonplace; nothing is cited to show any ranking for these misunderstandings. I've certainly never heard or read anyone suggesting the case was only about Linda Brown; nor that it was the first case about segregation (which would have to be pretty stupid, since one of the more important facts about the case is that it overturned a previous case). Section could be returned if there are sources discussing misconceptions about Brown v Board of Education, but otherwise, there's no need for it. --jpgordon::==( o ) 16:31, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to add a link to help this wikipage.

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/brown-v-board-of-education-1954-making-segregation.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theunknownfigure (talk • contribs) 19:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling and Grammar Changes

One change is under the subject "Brown v. Board of Education" in the second paragraph of the subject the sentence "Separate elementary schools were operated by the Topeka Board of Education " exists. I think this should be changed to " The Topeka Board of Education operated separate elementary schools"

Suggestion: Noticed typo occuring in two places: "Unanimous opinion and consenus building". 50.135.209.86 (talk) 08:45, 20 March 2013 (UTC) Dan[reply]

Under the subsection "Brown v. Board of education" there is a sentence I would like to add a link to. In the fouth paragraph it says "Linda Brown Thompson later recalled the experience in a 2004 PBS documentary" I would like to add a hyperlink to this statement to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june04/brown_05-12.html which has a transcript of the interview. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theunknownfigure (talk • contribs) 00:02, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done External links are generally disallowed from the body of the article (see WP:ELPOINTS #2), but this appears to warrant a reasonable exception to that rule as it is a reliable source that cites the subject being referred to and it is not a term on which WP has an article.--JayJasper (talk) 03:19, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In the first sentence in the subheading of "Brown v. Board of Education" the sentence "In 1951, a class action suit was filed against the Board of Education of the City of Topeka, Kansas in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas" exists. I would like to change the hyperlink in Topeka, Kansas to another website that is more relavent to the topic: http://www.nps.gov/brvb/historyculture/topeka.htm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theunknownfigure (talk • contribs) 00:16, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done Please see WP:ELPOINTS #2. Also note that on Wikipedia "hyperlink" refers specifically to an internal link to another WP page. Regards.--JayJasper (talk) 03:07, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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