Brown v. Board Of Education Turns 70—Here’s What’s Changed & What Hasn’t

Brown v. Board Of Education Turns 70—Here’s What’s Changed & What Hasn’t

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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 17, 2024

Seventy years ago, on May 17, 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional.  

In the landmark ruling, the high court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson precedent,

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