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Brown v. Board of Education was one of the most important events of the civil rights movement, and helped establish the that “separate-but-equal” education and other services were not, in fact, equal at all.

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The legendary Supreme Court case marked a turning point in race relations in the US, as the Court made segregation by race illegal and mixed race education the law of the land.

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Court Cases Influenced by Brown vs. Board

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Court Cases Influenced by Brown vs. Board

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Cooper v. Aaron (1958)- Supreme Court rules that all states were constitutionally required to integrate public schools and places.
Reynolds v. Sims (1964)- Supreme Court rules that the equal protection clause of 14th Amendment requires legislative districts across states be equal in population.

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Brown v. Board of Education Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained

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The segregation of schools because of race violated the 14th Amendment. The 14th amendment states that all U.S citizens, regardless of race, have the same rights and will be offered the same lives as others. Segregation did not offer the same life or equal rights to citizens.

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The plaintiffs brought in a psychologist and his wife to conduct a social experiment to prove segregation harmed the self-images of black children.

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1941-  Kansas supreme court decided segregated Junior high schools were unequal, in Topeka Kansas. This resulted in the schools being integrated.

1948- The NAACP board of directors is counseled by Thurgood Marshall on how to fight segregation.

1952-  School segregation from South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Kansas,  and the District of Columbia.

1954- The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Brown would overturn Plessy v. Ferguson, this declared that racial segregation in public    schools is unconstitutional
1955- State legislatures refused to enforce the Brown decision, they tried to implement laws against the decision. The supreme Court then issued a second ruling in the case, Brown two. The second case orders that desegregation must proceed "with all deliberate speed".

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This political cartoon shows that public schools do not want to be integrated. although the supreme court holds the power to decide.

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-McKinley Burnett head of the NAACP’s Topeka chapter attempted to persuade Topeka to fully integrate the schools.
-Mr. Brown a minister and his wife who was a teacher, were respected members of their community. Fought for integrated schools because their daughter had a longer commute to a black school than the white school.
-Linda Brown was the daughter of Mr. Brown and his wife. A third grader had to walk across town to attend an all black school. Her father was upset about this because there was a white school just a few blocks away.
-Thurgood Marshall first African-American to serve on supreme court. He was appointed chief counsel of the NAACP. Argued in many civil rights cases, including the Brown v. Board of Education case.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower sent military troops to Little Rock to escort students into the high school, after the governor refused to integrate the schools.

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Brown vs. board of education was a landmark case, that was taken to the Supreme Court. The court decided the state laws establishing segregated schools were unconstitutional. Sparking the American civil rights movement

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(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) - established in 1909, one of the most prominent civil rights organizations.