This Day in History Entry #118
May 17th, 2011 by Wordsman
Sometimes even the wise make mistakes
And to right them a quite long time takes
But there’s naught to discuss
It was unanimous
“Separate can’t be equal, for god’s sakes!”
Event: U.S. Supreme Court rejects the constitutionality of school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Year: 1954
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
See also: http://wordsman.dxli.com/2010/05/18/this-day-in-history-entry-66/
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