Modern Era · North America · Politics
1954
Brown v. Board decision
May 17, 1954
In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools, declaring that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. The legal scaffolding of Jim Crow began to crack. Implementation would take years, violence, and the work of a civil rights movement that had been waiting for this door.
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Also in 1954 (5 other events on record)
- Dien Bien Phu falls to the Viet Minh · Southeast Asia · War
- Algerian War of Independence begins · Africa · War
- CIA overthrows Arbenz in Guatemala · North America · Politics
- First nuclear submarine launched · North America · Technology
- Bannister runs four-minute mile · Europe · Culture
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.