PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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The 1961 freedom rides
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The US Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Johnson’s “Great Society” and his “War on Poverty”
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The persistence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the “separate but equal” principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a unanimous 9-0 opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Brown I) (1954), the Court held that the de jure segregation of public education based on race deprived minority children of equal educational opportunities in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Kansas case that became Brown v. Board, all but one of the plaintiffs were women. Black women and girls bravely took action to transform the American educational system and bring an end to segregation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.