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Brown vs The Board of Education

08/06/2020 GMT

Brown v the Board of Education

BBC World Service - Witness History, Brown v the Board of Education

A landmark case about racial segregation in the USA.

In 1954 the US Supreme Court ruled that segregating public schools along racial lines was unconstitutional. The case was a turning point in the battle for civil rights in the USA.

In 1954 the US Supreme Court ruled that the segregation of public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. The case was a turning point in the long battle for civil rights in America. In 2017 Farhana Haider spoke to Cheryl Brown Henderson, the youngest daughter of Oliver Brown, who was the named plaintiff in the class action against the local board of education.

Photo: African American student Linda Brown, Cheryl Brown Henderson's eldest sister (front, C) sitting in her segregated classroom. Credit: GettyArchive

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