Fifty-seven years have passed since the ruling in this monumental Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and found laws for "separate but equal" black schools and white schools to be unconstitutional. While this decision was a huge move in the right direction in the Civil Rights movement, it was met with resistance by many, especially sending shockwaves through segregated areas of the South. Several UNC Press titles explore the effects of this decision in different parts of the country, from when it was first passed in 1954 to present day. Read on to...