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may 17, 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education

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Supreme Court case where the Court declared that establishing separate public schools for black and white students is unconstitutional. Racial segregation in education was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

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may 17, 1954
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~ 72 years ago