may 17, 1954 - Brown V. Board of Education, Supreme Court made it against the law for public schools to be segregated.
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Brown v. Board of Education, a consolidation of five cases into one, is decided by the Supreme Court, effectively ending racial segregation in public schools. Many schools, however, remained segregated.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 17, 1954
Now
~ 71 years ago