In 1896, after years of trials appeals, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was fair, and was not a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment requiring equal protection to all.

White people believed that the Jim Crow laws made races ‘separate but equal’. However, this was disputed by most black people. They agreed that the laws kept the races apart but that ...

Local schools used to look much different before the school integration process began in the 1950’s. Dr. Patrick Brown is an ...

Chief Justice Earl Warren delivers the Supreme Court's landmark decision abolishing "separate but equal" schools in public education. School Integration, Barnard School, Washington, D.C. Photo by ...