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Question-and-answer session on Brown v. Board of Education in Beltsville, Maryland.
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Pres. Bill Clinton along with several key government officials spoke to students at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Beltsville, MD, on the significance of the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling of 1954. He stressed the importance of abolishing the 'separate but equal' clause as a precursor to true democracy. Furthermore, he urged the students to reflect on the implications of the ruling in an effort to foster greater understanding among Americans.
May 17, 1994
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News and Views; How America's Newspapers Responded a Half-Century Ago to the Supreme Court's Ruling in Brown v. Board of Education
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
; ... some examples: Jackson (Mississippi) Daily News May 1954: The United States Supreme Court ... Clarion-Ledger bought out the Jackson Daily News in 1989): Inclusive, diverse schools at ... resegregation of institutions. Richmond News Leader May 18, 1954: This is no time for ...
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Observing the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1954 United States Supreme Court School Desegregation Decision in Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Negro Educational Review
; ... classrooms to our corporate boardrooms. (University of Michigan News Service, 2003). There can be no doubt that the Supreme Court ... the University of Michigan cases. (2003) University of Michigan News Service. Ann Arbor. Voting Rights Act of 1965. U. S. C. (1965 ...
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Forum: Reflections on the Brown Decision after Fifty Years
The Journal of Southern History
; ON MAY 17, 1954, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED IN BROWN V. BOARD of Education of Topeka that separate educational facilities for blacks and whites were "inherently unequal." The unanimous opinion, delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren, overturned the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case on the grounds that
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Reflections on the Brown decision after fifty years.(Forum)(Brown v. Board of Education)
Journal of Southern History
; ON MAY 17, 1954, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED IN BROWN V. BOARD of Education of Topeka that separate educational facilities for blacks and whites were inherently unequal. The unanimous opinion, delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren, overturned the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case on the grounds that
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Opinion: The Brown Decision 1954-1994
Oakland Post
; Manning Marable Oakland Post 05-18-1994 Opinion: The Brown Decision 1954-1994. This May marks the fortieth anniversary of the "Brown" decision, in which the Supreme Court by a unanimous vote outlawed racial segregation in America's public schools. From 1896 until 1954, the "Plessy vs. Ferguson"
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100 years after Plessy, Supreme Court again backsliding on race relations, observers say.(Originated from TRIMS)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; By Aaron Epstein Knight-Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON _ One hundred years ago, in a case called Plessy vs. Ferguson, racial segregation became the law of the land. A Supreme Court that had become increasingly unsympathetic to civil rights declared on May 17, 1896 that the Constitution permitted
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Separate is not equal: fifty years ago this May, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in the nation's public schools was unconstitutional. It was a major victory in the long struggle for civil rights.
New York Times Upfront
; Linda Brown, 7, was all set to enter the third grade in September 1950. But when her father, Oliver, brought her to register at the Sumner School, seven blocks from their house in Topeka, Kan., they were turned away. The Sumner School, they were told, was for white children, and Linda was black.
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'Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision' Explores Today's Segregated Schools
Los Angeles Sentinel
; "Today many of our schools are even more segregated than they were in 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, declaring that segregated schools were unconstitutional." - PETER IRONS Author Peter Irons explores the 150-year struggle
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To Be Equal; The meaning of the Brown decision
New Pittsburgh Courier
; May 17 was a Monday, was a school day, a work day. Which was appropriate because the decision the U.S. Supreme Court handed up 50 years ago on the May 17 of 1954, in the landmark school segregation case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, set out a lesson a large number of the citizens and
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Why the Supreme Court Matters
USA Today
; ... associate justice (taking over for the retired Sandra Day O'Connor), the Supreme Court has been in the spotlight as well as the news. The Roberts Court, which convened its second term Oct. 2, is expected to tackle a number of highprofile cases on such diverse ...
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