Brown v. Board
Schools must integrate
Brown v.
Board of Education is the landmark 1954 U.S.
Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
The ruling overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine from Plessy v.
Ferguson (1896), holding that segregated schools were inherently unequal.
Often shortened to Brown v.
Board, the case became a cornerstone of the civil rights movement: Brown v. Board changed everything.
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