On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision regarding the case called Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, in which the plaintiffs charged that the education of black children in separate public schools from their white counterparts was unconstitutional.
O 17 de maio de 1954, a Corte Suprema dos Estados Unidos publicou a súa decisión no caso denominado Brown contra o Consello de Educación de Topeka, Kansas, no cal os demandantes alegaban que a educación de nenos negros en escolas públicas separadas dos seus compañeiros brancos era inconstitucional.