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Plessy v. Ferguson
A landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. -
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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967, and served for 24 years.