Much attention in history has been given to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. However there is an earlier milestone that I think is just as important in the over all story of the civil rights struggle.
The milestone I am talking about is school desegregation in the 1950's. It is important to note that the court of Fred Vinson prior to Earl Warren upheld the 1898 case Plessy Versus Ferguson which established the so called "Seperate But Equal doctrine". The Earl Warren court appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower struck down Plessy versus Ferguson in the Brown Versus Board of Education of Topeka Kansas case. It is important to remember that prior to the Brown decision the NAACP got its start sueing colleges for not letting in minority applicants. Education is the only meaningful way of lifting yourself out of poverty long term. This is just something I thought we should remember.
Seraph
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