segregation
In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was illegal.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
-
© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about sickle cell anemia.
-
Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A discussion of the DuSable Museum of African American History (now the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center) in Chicago, from the documentary Riches, Rivals, & Radicals: 100 Years of Museums in America.
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn more about the history of Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Museum director Ashley Rogers explains how the Whitney Plantation became the only former plantation site in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on slavery.
