Civil Rights Time Line

  • 52

    Brown vs BOE

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality
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    Emmett Louis Till murder

    After whistling or talking fresh to a white woman, he was murdered at 14 years old and the pictures of him spread fear and anger across the world.