Separate Is Not Equal - Brown v. Board of Education

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Segregated America
The Battleground
  • The Educated Citizen
  • Quest for Education
  • Pursuit of Equality
Legal Campaign
Five Communities Change a Nation
The Decision
Legacy
“Mexican school” class photograph in Cotulla, Texas, 1928

“Mexican school” class photograph in Cotulla, Texas, 1928

The young teacher in the center is Lyndon Johnson, who as president would sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(Courtesy of Lyndon B. Johnson Library Museum)

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Lincoln School, Oakland, California, 1910

Lincoln School, Oakland, California, 1910

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