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How one Jewish woman triggered Brown v. the Board of Education and the desegregation of southern schools On this day in history… May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously made a “landmark” ruling that the “separate but equal” doctrine of racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. [1]Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in the opinion, “We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate...

Meet Two Kansas Women Who Helped Integrate South Park Elementary School Meet Two Kansas Women Who Helped Integrate South Park Elementary School Johnson County Case Came Before Brown v. Board of Education “Schools shouldn’t be for color. They should be for the children.” These were the words of school teacher Corinthian Nutter during her legendary fight against the state of Kansas to integrate South Park Elementary School in Merriam. Nutter linked arms with white Jewish housewife Esther Br...