LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT MARKING 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
Washington, DC — House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which struck down the shameful “separate but equal” doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson. Following the ruling, children simply attempting to attend school were met by […]