may 13, 1954 - Brown v Board of Ed (May 1954)

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(May 1954) - unanimous decision; Ruled that segregation in schools = "inherently unequal" → unconstitutional; Reverse Court's Plessy v Ferguson (1896) ruling - "separate but equal" → constitutional;

Border states make reasonable efforts to comply, in S ppl organize "massive resistance" against desegregation; >100 S congressmen sign "Declaration of Constitutional Principles" (1956) - pledge resistance to desegregation, States funds "private" schools where integration = harder to apply; In S, white citizens' councils stopped attempts for integration; 10 years after this only 2% of AA integrated into White system;

Eisenhower said Said this disrupted customs of at least 2 gens of Amer;

said separate was inherently unequal, rejected Jim Crow segregation in S, first major step toward legal end of racial discrimination, major accomplishment for Civ Rights mvmt

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