Shepard House

Historical marker location:

501 Pine St, Laurel, Delaware

( Marker is on Pine Street just north of East 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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In 1954, the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education was filed in the District of Delaware. The case, which challenged the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools, was one of the most important civil rights cases in American history.