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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.