Opinion: The Brown Decision 1954-1994 From: Oakland Post | Date: May 18, 1994| Author: Manning Marable | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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" decision had justified strict racial segregation for thousands of school strict racial segregation for thousands of school systems across the country. As we look back at education, it i...

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