The landmark case was Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954. Linda Brown Smith, Ethel Louise Belton Brown, Harry Briggs, Jr., and Spottswood Bolling, Jr. during press conference at Hotel Americana ...

With the words "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," the Supreme Court reversed legalized segregation in the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. Explore this ...

In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared: “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” With this landmark decision, the United States put an end to racially segregated schools on ...