# 17th May 1954: U.S. Supreme Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional

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Published: 2026-05-17T02:05:11+00:00
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The unanimous opinion of the Court said that segregated public schools were inherently unequal and therefore ...

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