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  • Brown as the Beginning

    Significant Case

    The landmark Supreme Court decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional and led to wider civil rights victories in the 1960s.

  • Browder v. Gayle

    Significant Case

    The Supreme Court’s affirmation of a district court decision to outlaw segregated bussing in Montgomery, Alabama that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

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