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The Civil Rights Movement: Brown Vs The Board Of Education

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The civil rights movement was a fight for racial equality that started in 1954. In 1954 Brown versus the Board of Education took place. This was a court case that made a stand for racial equality. Lynda Brown, a third grader in Topeka, Kansas who was fighting to end segregation in the school system. She had to appeal many times until her case made it to the Supreme court. She won her case, but the problem was that the court gave her rights to go to the white school but not all African Americans. In 1955 the court followed up their ruling in Brown versus the Board of Education. This ruling made public schools make plans for integrating schools. Northern schools acted quickly on this, but some southern schools refused to end segregation. I believe
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