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lastlib

(28,263 posts) Tue May 17, 2016, 12:15 PM May 2016

May 17, 1954:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brown-v-board-of-ed-is-decided

A milestone on the road to justice.

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May 17, 1954: (Original Post) lastlib May 2016 OP

thanks so much for this HISTORIC reminder rurallib May 2016 #1

and one reason why the SC argument is a big reason for voting dem for many minorities JI7 May 2016 #4

And guess what Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #2

WOW lastlib May 2016 #3

Amazing in a bad way, huh? SusanCalvin May 2016 #5

rurallib

(64,688 posts)

1. thanks so much for this HISTORIC reminder

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 12:39 PM

May 2016

This should be a holiday or at least celebrated with some form of remembrance.

The crown jewel in the NAACP's strategy to use the courts to dismantle segregation.

JI7

(93,615 posts)

4. and one reason why the SC argument is a big reason for voting dem for many minorities

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Tue May 17, 2016, 08:30 PM

May 2016

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)

2. And guess what

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 01:15 PM

May 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/17/us/cleveland-mississippi-school-desegregation/

62 years after Brown v. BOE, court orders schools to desegregate

lastlib

(28,263 posts)

3. WOW

Reply to Jackie Wilson Said (Reply #2)

Tue May 17, 2016, 06:02 PM

May 2016

STILL a long road to travel!

SusanCalvin

(6,592 posts)

5. Amazing in a bad way, huh?

Reply to Jackie Wilson Said (Reply #2)

Tue May 17, 2016, 10:49 PM

May 2016

Of course, it took my high school until 1968....

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