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1951

institutional court case legislation

Brown v. Board of Education Filed in Topeka

Topeka, Kansas, KS · On map

Brown v. Board of Education Filed in Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education

Oliver Brown and other Topeka families sued segregated schools, producing the lead case in the Supreme Court's 1954 decision declaring segregated public schools unconstitutional.

Education & schools Jim Crow

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