DE SCR166

Designates May 17, 2024, as the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision that struck down racial segregation in public schools.

Honors Louis L. Redding, Chancellor Collins J. Seitz, Sarah Bulah, Shirley Bulah, Ethel Louise Belton, and families from Hockessin and Claymont for their roles in the Delaware cases (Bulah v. Gebhart and Belton v. Gebhart) that led to the landmark ruling.

Recognizes that Delaware's two consolidated cases were the only state cases among those comprising Brown that actually struck down school segregation at the state court level.

Affirms that the Supreme Court's finding that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" violated the 14th Amendment and ended the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).

Calls on all Delawareans to continue the work against institutional racism and ensure schools provide adequate resources for students of all backgrounds.