may 17, 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Description:
Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement, and helped establish the precedent that “separate-but-equal” education and other services were not, in fact, equal at all.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 17, 1954
Now
~ 71 years ago