Fiber cement. Fiber cement siding is made from a mixture of sand, Portland cement, water, and cellulose that is steam heated and formed into planks. The result is a durable product that is resistant to damage, rot and insects.
After making its way through the District Courts, the Brown case went to the Supreme Court. In 1954, sixty years after Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education that âseparate but equalâ was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
A+E Networks. On this day in 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law the historic Civil Rights Act in a nationally televised ceremony at the White House. In the landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional.