Brown v Board of Education

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ˌBrown v Board of Eduˈcation 7 [Brown v Board of Education] BrE NAmE noun
a law case in 1954 which led to a decision of the US Supreme Court that made separate education for black and white children illegal

Culture:
The law case was held in 1954 after a school for white children in Topeka, ↑Kansas, refused to accept a black girl called Linda Brown. The case led to a decision of the US ↑Supreme Court that made ↑segregation in public schools illegal. The decision ended the idea of ‘separate but equal’ schools for whites and ↑African Americans, and encouraged the ↑civil rights movement.