So it was that on May 17, 1954, Earl Warren read the unanimous opinion of the Supreme Court on an issue that had haunted America for almost a century: “We conclude that in the field of public opinion the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” Not all black leaders were satisfied, although almost everyone was stunned that it was a unanimous decision. The question of compliance still existed, and a year later in a second
