Nettie Hunt and her daughter Nickie are captured here on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 18, 1954, the day following the Court's landmark decision in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. Nettie holds a newspaper with the headline "High Court Bans Segregation in Public Schools." Photo measures 10x8".