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Brown v Board of Education Anniversary

Remarks from Linda Brown who was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Supreme Court case and an interview with… read more

Remarks from Linda Brown who was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Supreme Court case and an interview with Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP attorney who represented the Brown family.

On May 17, 1954 unanimous The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark civil rights case "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas", that state-sanctioned segregation of public schools violated the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. James O’Hara talked about Thurgood Marshall’s judicial history. close

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States