On May 17, 1954, the United States reached a historic milestone in the fight for equality when the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The ruling declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the long-standing “separate but equal” doctrine established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. This decision became one of the most important victories of the Civil Rights Movement and f…
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