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    Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision that allowed "separate but equal" schools. The unanimous decision established that legal segregation was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This ruling helped establish the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement and was a major victory for racial equality.

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    Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision that allowed "separate but equal" schools. The unanimous decision established that legal segregation was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This ruling helped establish the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement and was a major victory for racial equality.

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    Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision that allowed "separate but equal" schools. The unanimous decision established that legal segregation was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This ruling helped establish the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement and was a major victory for racial equality.

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    Brown v.

    Board of Education (1954)

    The plaintiff was Oliver brown and the defendant was the Board of Education. Oliver browns
    name was picked for this case but he was one man out of around two hundred that were a part of
    the NAACP cases brought before the supreme court. This case was about the discrimination of
    people based on their ethnicity, religion, and their physical or cultural characteristics.

    The Warren court decided on a unanimous 9-0 vote for Brown. The majority opinion of the
    judges was that they did what they thought to be just, not what the people wanted. If left up to
    the people this case would have been overturned. The other states involved were Delaware, south
    Carolina, Virginia, and Washington D.C.

    This case was a major stepping stone for African Americans in the United States. It got rid of
    the legal basis for racial segregation in schools and other public places.

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