You’ve probably seen the photograph of Elizabeth Eckford, even if you didn’t know that was the woman’s name. In a way, it’s a chilling image. It, and the Little Rock Nine, remain a prominent feature in any history of the civil rights movement in the United States. Elizabeth Eckford, a young African American with large […]
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Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
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 […]