


Ferguson decision that had sanctioned racial segregation. Board of Education of Topeka overturned the Court’s 1896 Plessy v. Supreme Court proclaimed that “in the field of public education ‘separate but equal’ has no place.” This historic ruling in Brown v. The decision marked the turning point in the nation’s willingness to face the consequences of centuries of racial discrimination.”¹ Probably no case ever to come before the nation’s highest tribunal affected more directly the minds, hearts, and daily lives of so many Americans…. This lesson is part of the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) program. National Historic Landmark and National Register photos.) Moton High School, Summerton High School, and Howard High School. (From top to bottom: Sumner School, Monroe School, John Philip Sousa Junior High School, Robert R.
