When Was Segregation Ruled Unconstitutional?
When Was Segregation Ruled Unconstitutional? Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Why was segregation ruled unconstitutional? Significance. Until 1954, public schools were racially segregated, meaning that Black and White children could