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What did the Supreme Court order US schools to do in 1957?

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On May 17, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren issued the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, ruling that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
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