Brown Vs. Board of Education Racial segregation in public schools began in 1892 over the United States Supreme Court's decision in the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson's, "separate but equal" doctrine, that lasted until the early 1950's. This precedent legally enabled "sep...

Segregation is defined as a legal or social practice of separating groups of people by custom or by law based on differences of race, religion, wealth, culture, or sexual orientation (www.worldbook.com). Segregation is usually the result of a long period of group conflict, with one group having more...

Martin Luther King Jr. stated in his famous "I have a dream" speech that, "I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! (3) King's speech...