The key ideas of The Prince were to instruct on how to be a strong, dependent leader. The text suggested that Italy needed a rather ruthless leader to maintain a safe state.Machiavelli received a great amount of criticism for dismissing popular opinions in politics, sticking with his idea of a cruel leader. However, this did influence European rulers to begin thinking in a more realistic way, determining what's likely to come of a human rather than simply hoping for good.
In Brown vs Board of Education the Supreme Court that segregation in schools was NOT constitutional. This is important because it marked the end of the “separate but equal” idea that lasted for nearly a century.
