Brown v. Board of Education

Initiated by Oliver Brown and other Black families in Topeka, Kansas, the case challenged the segregation policy after Brown's daughter was denied entry to a closer, all-white school. The unanimous decision, delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren, played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement, marking a significant step toward school integration across America.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).