Brown v. Topeka Board of Education

Facts
When: December 1952 (50's)

Where: Topeka, Kansas

Who: What: separate / segregation in the school system
 * Brown
 * Linda & Oliver Brown
 * Thurgood Marshall
 * NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
 * Earl Warren
 * Topeka Board of Education
 * Topeka Board of Education
 * James Eastland
 * (Harry Byrd - Supreme Court)
 * Both
 * Eisenhower

The verdict: Separate is not equal

Significance

 * Door-opener for Civil rights movement -activists
 * Take it to Court
 * Enabled "Better" (=equal?) education for African-American Pupils
 * Little Rock
 * Segregation in school is considered unconstitutional
 * It goes against the 14th Amendment
 * a BIG step towards desegregation in other areas
 * Probably gave African-Americans hope & Confidence about equality
 * The "start" of Civil Rights Movement (according to the book)