Civil Rights/Brown v. Board
Blacks were frustrated with the way whites were treating them. Their frustration paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement and the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board that reversed the previous ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson. These events planned to undo all the wrong that was caused in 1896.
"To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone."
Earl Warren, Chief Justice-1954
Earl Warren, Chief Justice-1954
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