Separate is never equal: The Daily Worker’s 1954 Brown v. Board coverage

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Separate is never equal: The Daily Worker’s 1954 Brown v. Board coverage

This article is part of the People’s World 100th Anniversary Series. Seventy years ago, on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools with its landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, delivering a hard-fought victory for the Civil Rights Movement and all those struggling for the equality of Black Americans. The article below appeared in Daily Worker the next morning. Staff writer Rob Hall surveys the importance …