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[May
17]( THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1954
[Brown v. Board of Ed is decided](
In a major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional. The historic decision, which brought an end to federal tolerance of racial... [read more »](
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