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Berea College v. Kentucky  

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  • Berea College v. Kentucky (1908) is a significant civil rights case in higher education that paved the way for subsequent judicial decisions that struck down segregated educational facilities as unconstitutional. Even so, the U.S. Supreme Court did not take an integrationist stance in Berea. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education; Berea College v. Kentucky]

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  • 1908

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