Hooks Institute event to look at impact of Brown v. Topeka Board
Seventy years after the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case, the Brown v. Board of Education decision remains one of the most important in U.S. history.
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Seventy years after the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case, the Brown v. Board of Education decision remains one of the most important in U.S. history.
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