Brown v. Board of Education : Commemorating 50 Years

BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION
Commemorating 50 Years

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"Possibly the most important governmental action since the Emancipation Proclamation and perhaps the most celebrated ruling in the history of American jurisprudence is Brown v. Board of Education. This historic Supreme Court decision ruled that segregated education in the United States is unequal and thus illegal. The Court struck a blow against racial segregation, which had been legalized by the 1896 ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson. The decisions were based on interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution." Source: N. Samuel Murrell. "Brown v. Board of Education." The African American Encyclopedia. 1st ed. 1993.

Indiana University commemorates this historic event with discussions, films and lectures. The semester's activities and related events include the IUB Libraries 2004 Diversity Fair, the MLK Day Holiday Celebration, Black History Month, Women's History Month, concluding with the keynote address on May 17, 2004.

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