Schools were desegregated immediately following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Although the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954 declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional, many schools, especially in the Southern United States, did not immediately desegregate. Resistance, legal challenges, and slow implementation delayed widespread desegregation for years.

Schools Were Desegregated Immediately Following the 1954 Brown V