On this day in 1951, the Municipal Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C. ruled racial segregation illegal, marking a significant local victory in the broader fight for civil rights. The decision struck down policies that had long enforced separation based on race in the nation’s capital, setting a powerful legal precedent ahead of the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision just three years later. This ruling highlighted growing momentum against institutionalized racism in public spaces and further galvanized civil rights activism across the country.
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