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may 17, 1954 - Brown v Board of Education

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Summary: separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
People involved: Brown (representing his daughter and a dozen other black students) and the Board of Education of the City of Topeka, Kansas
Where: Kansas, then the SC
Cause: Russia was judging America for claiming to be the best but treating its minority citizens like trash; it was the Cold War, so America tried to protect its image.
Effect: Overturned Plessy v Ferguson

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may 17, 1954
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~ 71 years ago