On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools. Here’s how that landmark decision reverberates 70 years later.
The legacy of Brown v. Board of Education in Georgia
Their stories: The children and teachers who integrated Georgia’s schools
Newspaper clippings: How the 1954 Brown decision was covered in Atlanta
Photos: How Atlanta Public Schools integrated in 1961
Ralph McGill from 1953: One Day It Will Be Monday
Perspective: How the AJC, then 2 newspapers, handled the civil rights movement
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