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Great Americans

Earl Warren - 14th Chief Justice 

Chris Calle Stamp Designer Signature

Chris Calle 

Over the past quarter century, Chris Calle has designed more than 30 stamps for the U.S. Postal Service, and hundreds more for stamp-issuing entities as diverse and far-flung as Sweden, the Marshall Islands, and the United 

Collins Cover Announcement 

EARL WARREN

In the judicial vanguard of the battle for Civil Rights, the Warren Court played an important role. Based on an 1896 verdict of the Supreme Court in Plessy versus Ferguson, it was deemed that segregation was constitutional as long as the facilities, if separate, were equal. In May of 1954 the Court handed down a truly historic decision. In Brown versus the Topeka Board of Education, it abandoned the 1896 position and ruled unanimously that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. In a clear, concise statement, Chief Justice Earl Warren said "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." In 1963, years after President Eisenhower moved to enforce the Court's decision, he confirmed that he considered it "morally and legally correct." Social change of gigantic proportions always causes widespread turmoil and the Warren Court was subjected to unrelenting criticisms but the Government pushed steadily ahead and the age of Civil Rights had begun.

My hand-painted cachet pictures the robed justices in a formal setting. The main thrust of Chief Justice Earl Warren and the rest of his court was "equal justice under the law". Item #E2001. $10.00.