Centennial Moments
1938
American Dilemma Lays Groundwork for Brown v. Board
The Corporation enlisted Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal to undertake a two-year landmark study of the condition of the Negro in America. The resulting book, An American Dilemma (1944) was cited in the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, which ended “separate but equal” education for black children; it also served as a moral wake-up call prior to the civil rights movement.
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