May 17, 1954 | Supreme Court Declares School Segregation Unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Educa

Source: learning.blogs. Posted By: Nishel R...5136 days ago

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.

The decision overturned the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, in which the court ruled that segregation laws were constitutional if equal facilities were provided to whites and blacks. Segregation was therefore justified under the doctrine “separate but equal,” but in few cases were segregated facilities actually....

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