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Brown V. Broad of Education
May 17th 1954 A landmark Supreme Court case challenging racial segregation in public schools. Plaintiff, Oliver Brown and other parents, represented by the NAACP and Thurgood Marshall. Defendant, Topeka Board of Education. Ruling, Led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Court unanimously (9-0) declared segregation unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). The decision found that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, violating the 14th Amendment.