1951
Brown v. Board of Education Filed in Topeka
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.
Topeka, Kansas, KS
Education & schools
Jim Crow
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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.