Daily Archives: May 17, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down racially segregated public schools 60 years ago today (May 17 1954)


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(Monday, May 17, 1954) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, unanimously struck down racially segregated public schools, ruling today that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal” and thereby launching the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68).