…It Was Against the Rule

…It Was Against the Rule

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Creator:

L.D. Warren

Publication:

Cincinnati Enquirer 

Publication Date:

May 21, 1954

Description:

The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954 reversed the decades old Plessy v. Ferguson decision (1896). While Plessy allowed “separate, but equal” facilities, Brown declared that separate was inherently unequal. 

Source:

L.D. Warren Collection, The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University. Reprinted by permission, L.D. Warren.