The Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in public schools in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. The Court ruled that segregation in public education violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, stating that "separate but equal" educational facilities are inherently unequal. This decision effectively overturned the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, which upheld segregation. Brown v. Board marked a significant milestone in the Civil Rights Movement, paving the way for further challenges to racial discrimination.
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