220;separate but equal” has no place,” and that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” This ruling overturned the idea of separate but equal that had come about as a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. While it did not end segregation in other public facilities or give a time line for the complete desegregation of schools, it did mark the beginning of the end for the unjust and repressive Jim Crowe laws.These landmark cases are symbolic of the ups and downs that marked the struggle for equal rights in America. Although these rulings were not always fair or just, they were representative of their time and place in American history, and serve to remind us of how far we have come as a nation and how much further we have to go....
