Join your Country Walkers Czech Republic: Vienna to Prague tour. Breakfast is included at your hotel. Your guide(s) will meet you at 9:00 a.m. in the lobby of the Steigenberger Hotel Herrenhof. Your guide(s) will be wearing a Country Walkers shirt. Please be dressed for walking. Please refer to the Czech Republic: Vienna to Prague.
A PROCLAMATION. May 17, 1954, marked a turning point in America's journey toward a more perfect Union. On that day, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, outlawing racial segregation in our Nation's schools.
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down racially segregated schools as unconstitutional in its landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Explore 10 illuminating facts about the lead-up to and aftermath of this defining civil rights moment. 1. Over one-third of states segregated their schools by law. At the time of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, 17 southern and border states, along with the District of Columbia, required their public schools to be racially segregated. An additional four statesâArizona, Kansas, New Mexico and Wyomingâpermitted local communities to do the same.