Brown vs Board of Education was a case that originated in Topeka Kansas and rose to the Federal Supreme Court. On May 17th, 1954 the case was ruled unanimously in favour of desegregating the schools of the United States. This is an image of The Russell Daily New, a newspaper from outside of Topeka Kansas, and how it shared the news with its readers.
This image is from the Brief for Appellants of, "Bowling vs Sharpe," a case of 1954 out of Washington DC. It is one of the five cases part of and including, "Brown vs the Board of Education." The other cases include, "Briggs vs Elliot," "Gebhart vs. Belton and Bulah," and "Davis vs. County School Board."
This is an image of members of the public waiting for the potential to obtain of of 50 seats to watch the court case, "Brown vs Board of Education," unfold.
This image of the Brief for Appellants for, "Brown vs the Board of Education."
This is an image of the nine members of the Supreme Court at the time of the, "Brown vs. the Board of Education," decision. It is most commonly called the, "Warren Court." It is known as this due to shortly before this case Earl Warren was added to the Supreme Court. While Earl Warren was on the Supreme Court many liberal decisions took place include the expansion of rights.
This image is of Mrs. Nettie Hunt and her daughter Nickie on the steps of the Supreme Court. She is said to be sharing the news with her daughter of the great decision that was just made and would forever change history.
Brown Vs. The Board of Education Video
Above is a video from a documentary from the Discovery Channel, highlighting the critical role that students played during the Civil Rights Movement, with particular respect to the Brown v Board of Education case.
The video explains how some of the most important 'battles' of the Civil Rights Movement were fought by students and within the classroom, and that without these battles and the Civil Rights Movement would not have achieved its great success.
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