Brown v Board of Education of Topeka remains one of the most important court decisions in US history. On this day in 1954, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in this landmark case. The Brown in the case title was Linda Brown, a young African American who had to walk miles from her home to […]
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The Little Rock Nine Begin Classes
The Little Rock Nine is the name given to the nine students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. September 25 was the day the Little Rock Nine attended their first classes. What happened in Little Rock was one of the first big showdowns between segregationists and the US government following […]