THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Mendez v. Westminster (1945)
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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Hernandez v. Texas (1961)
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Detailed explanation-1: -The case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education was actually the name given to five separate cases that were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the issue of segregation in public schools. These cases were Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Briggs v.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.