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Brown v Board of Education

noun
🔊/ˌbraʊn vɜːsəs bɔːd əv edʒuˈkeɪʃn/, 🔊/ˌbraʊn viː bɔːd əv edʒuˈkeɪʃn/
🔊/ˌbraʊn vɜːrsəs bɔːrd əv edʒuˈkeɪʃn/, 🔊/ˌbraʊn viː bɔːrd əv edʒuˈkeɪʃn/
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  1. 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
    CultureThe law case was held 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.compare Plessy v Ferguson