On this day, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The unanimous opinion, delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren, overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and concluded that “separate but equal” has no place in public education. This decision became a cornerstone of the Civil Rights Movement, igniting efforts to dismantle systemic racism across American society.
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