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may 17, 1954 - Brown v Board of Education

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Supreme Court rules through a unanimous vote that the 'separate but equal' ruling from 1896 is unconstitutional. Overturned the 1896 Plessy v Ferguson decision. End to segregation of schools.

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may 17, 1954
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~ 72 years ago