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Earl Warren

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Born Los Angeles, CaliforniaDuring a long career as attorney general and governor of California, and then as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Earl Warren profoundly changed his views on race. In the 1920s, he was a member of a number of nativist organizations and showed a particular hostility toward Asian Americans. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, he enthusiastically supported the internment of Japanese Americans. Then, as governor (1943–53), he surprised Californians by becoming a progressive Republican. President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Warren as Chief Justice in 1953, expecting a moderate on such issues as race. But in the Court’s historic 1954 decision Brown v. Board of Education, Warren placed himself in the vanguard of those fighting for racial equality. Writing for the Court, he declared, “In the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”Nacido en Los Ángeles, CaliforniaEn el curso de una larga carrera como fiscal general y gobernador de California, y más tarde como juez presidente del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos, Earl Warren cambió profundamente su opinión sobre la problemática racial. En la década de 1920 perteneció a varias organizaciones nativistas y sentía una hostilidad particular hacia los asiáticoamericanos. Después del ataque a Pearl Harbor en diciembre de 1941, apoyó con entusiasmo el confinamiento de las personas de origen japonés residentes en Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, siendo gobernador (1943–53), sorprendió a los californianos al convertirse en un republicano progresista. El presidente...
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