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may 17, 1954 - Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka

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Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson case
Ruled that separate and unequal public schools were unconsitutional
Outlawed unequal segregation
Some states continued to try to segregate by passing laws to resist
Southern schools threatened to close if they were forced to integrate

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Date:

may 17, 1954
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~ 71 years ago