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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) ... culminating in the Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, ...
The issue is placed before the Court by Brown v. Board of Education and its companion case, Briggs v. Elliott. Many of the justices personally believe segregation is morally unacceptable, but have difficulty justifying the idea legally under the 14th Amendment. Marshall and Davis argue their respective cases.
Johnson, whose organization’s former chief legal counsel — and future U.S. Supreme Court justice — Thurgood Marshall litigated the Brown case, noted that the NAACP recently filed a lawsuit ...
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, and this country will no doubt want to pat itself on the back. It shouldn’t. It can’t.
He was the Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1961 to 1984, succeeding Thurgood Marshall. [1] He was involved in numerous crucial cases, including Brown v. Board of Education, which ended segregation in public schools. [1] [2] In all, he argued 40 civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and won almost all of them. [3]
She was a law clerk to Thurgood Marshall, aiding him in the case Brown v. Board of Education. [5] Motley was also the first Caribbean-American woman appointed to the federal judiciary, serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. [2]
Gebhart v. Belton was combined with cases from three other states and the District of Columbia to become part of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in 1954 known as Brown v. Board of Education. [1] Redding argued the Brown case with a team of attorneys that included Thurgood Marshall. [5] Redding also successfully argued Burton v.