From Plessy v. Ferguson to the Uvalde school shooting, this week in history highlights major events including Mount St.

Board of Education overruled [Plessy v. Ferguson] … so the idea that it’s invariably a bad thing to overrule precedent is, I think, quite mistaken,” Roberts said.

Board of Education. May 17, 1954 – The Supreme Court announces its ruling, “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal;” overturns Plessy v. Ferguson, Jim Crow laws and the ...

A recent $12 billion tax proposal from Democratic lawmakers in Olympia was basically nixed by Democratic Washington Governor Bob Ferguson on Thursday. In a proactive move, the Democratic governor ...

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Plans to install a $7,000 bronze "MAGA" plaque at a California library have sparked anger. The plaque, which is meant to commemorate the Huntington Beach Central Library's 50th anniversary ...

One-time Londoner Audrey Hepburn will be commemorated with a Blue Plaque later in 2025. Image: public domain Audrey Hepburn and Marc Bolan will be commemorated with Blue Plaques in London later in ...

Technically, under the Plessy v. Ferguson doctrine of "separate but equal", buses should have already been provided. But like many other things, they were not. In other words, this was simply ...

In its infamous 1896 decision upholding segregation laws, Plessy v Ferguson, the US Supreme Court brushed away claims that Plessy’s heritage entitled him to special status. Justice Henry ...

Board of Education.” Before the Brown decision was handed down in 1954, there was Plessy v. Ferguson. In 1892, Homer Plessy, a Black man, refused to give up his seat to a white man on a train in ...

Delaware philanthropist Pierre Samuel du Pont funded the campaign to rebuild the schools — an investment that came more than 20 years after the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court ruling stating that ...