Franklin Mint – History of the US – Supreme Court: Desegregate Schools – 1954 – 45mm – Proof Bronze Medal – Feb 26 – Defeat of Bricker Amendment to curtail treaty-making power of the President – May 17 – U. S. Supreme Court holds racial segregation in the public schools to be unconstitutional – Dec 2 – Senate condemns Senator Joseph McCarthy for abuse during his hearings on Communism in Army.