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Civil Rights Movement
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Brown v. Board of Education
U.S. Supreme court decision on state laws that segregation in public schools are unconstitutional. “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”(Supreme court ruling of 5/17/1954 in Brown v. Board of Education .11) “ SCHOOL SEGREGATION BANNED”-State Journal newspaper