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Legal challenge and the Supreme Court

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Earl Warren's Supreme Court ruled in Brown v Board of Education (1954) that segregated schooling was unconstitutional, encouraging later challenges despite slow, resisted desegregation.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 4 ‘I have a dream’, 1954–68 (study guide)

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Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 4 ‘I have a dream’, 1954–68 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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