On this day in 1954. the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the “separate but equal” doctrine was unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.
On this day in 1954 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today May 17, 2024 MAY 17, 1954 Ella J. Rice talks to one of her pupils, all of them white, in a third grade classroom of Draper Elementary School in Washington, D.C., on September 13, 1954. This was the first day of non-segregated schools for teachers and students. Rice was the only Black teacher in the school. In Brown v. Board of Education and Bolling v. Sharpe, the U.S.
In Mississippi, segregationist leaders called the day “Black Monday” and took up the charge of the just-created white Citizens’ Council to preserve racial segregation at all costs.This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.The stories of investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell have helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars.
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