Brown v. Board of Education

One of the most important cases in United States history ended the legalization of segregated learning which resulted in the overruling of "separate but equal" from the 'Plessy v. Ferguson' case of 1896. This case ensured that state-sanctioned segregation in public schools…

In Topeka, Kansas, in the 1950s, schools were segregated by race. Each day, Linda Brown and her sister had to walk through a dangerous railroad switchyard to get to the bus stop for the ride to their all-Black elementary school. There was a school closer to the Brown’s house, but it was only for…

<p><span class="deck">When one weary woman refused to be harassed out of her seat in the bus, the whole shaky edifice of Jim Crow began to totter</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">Behind-the-scenes records reveal how the Supreme Court reached its fateful desegregation decisions</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">America looked good to a high school senior then, and that year looks wonderfully safe to us now, but it was a time of tumult, and there were plenty of shadows, along with the sunshine.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">John Hope Franklin, the greatest historian of the black experience in America, speaks of what has changed during his long life, and what has not. </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">THE WARREN COURT</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Separate and Unequal and Unconstitutional</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The 50 Biggest Changes in the Last 50 Years</span></p>

<p>Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald built almost 5000 schools for African-Americans and helped educate hundreds of thousands of students.</p>

<p>In five appointments to the Supreme Court, Eisenhower added conservatives, moderates, and a liberal, believing the president and courts should represent all the American people.</p>