Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Posted by Matt Ortega | May 17, 2008May 17 marks the fifty-fourth anniversary of the unanimous 9-0 decision in the Supreme Court on the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that ruled “separate but equal” unconstitutional.
The court case surrounded racial segregation in public schools which was, until that time, legal in the eyes of the law and overturned the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
We as Americans celebrate this anniversary as one of many steps forward on the road to true justice and equality for all Americans.
Read more about the decision.
