Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education

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History, Social Studies

6th - 12th Grade

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The video discusses the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which challenged school segregation in Topeka, Kansas. Linda Brown's father, with the help of the NAACP, sued the Board of Education for denying her entry to a whites-only school. The case reached the Supreme Court, which ruled unanimously in 1954 that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson. This decision was pivotal in the civil rights movement, leading to desegregation efforts across the U.S., despite resistance, particularly in the South.

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