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Article: Black history month: focus on landmark school desegregation case spurs blacks to continue pursuit of quality education, civil rights.(National Report)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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With the theme "Before Brown/ Beyond Boundaries: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education," this year's Black History Month honored the landmark lawsuit that permanently dismantled segregation in public schools and deteriorated Jim Crow laws.
Across the country, people used this month to reflect on the case's impact and engage in discussions about modern-day race relations that could extend well beyond February.
It was 50 years ago, on May 17, 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided segregation in public schools was illegal. The Court agreed the "separate but equal" legal doctrine upheld in the 1896 Plessy v. ...