may 17, 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education
Description:
The U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Thurgood Marshall argued the case in the Supreme Court on behalf of the NAACP. The main argument of the case was that separate schools for Black and white children were inherently unequal.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 17, 1954
Now
~ 72 years ago