Keywords: u.s. national archives usnationalarchives today's document todaysdocument may may 31, 1955 may311955 may 31 may31 05/31/1955 05311955 nara:arcid=2641494 brown v. board of education brownvboardofeducation opinion text writing document monochrome Title: Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 08/31/1951 Production Date: August 31, 1951 Creator(s): U.S. District Court for the First (Topeka) Division of the District of Kansas. (06/09/1890 - ) Brown v. Board of Education, Implementation Decree; May 31, 1955; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States; Record Group 267; National Archives. In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=2641494 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted Title: Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 08/31/1951 Production Date: August 31, 1951 Creator(s): U.S. District Court for the First (Topeka) Division of the District of Kansas. (06/09/1890 - ) Brown v. Board of Education, Implementation Decree; May 31, 1955; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States; Record Group 267; National Archives. In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=2641494 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted |