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The first ruling that challenges the idea of "separate but equal", this decision ruled that the University of Missouri must provide a law school for Black students.
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The NAACP, an established organization that fought for racial equality, establishes a law organization in order to focus on educational inequality specifically.
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The supreme court rules against segregation of interstate buses. This decision will eventually serve as president for challenging other segregation laws.
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The New Jersey NAACP filed lawsuits that called for the desegregation of schools. In this suit, they argued that the "separate but equal" idea was not actually equal.
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This historical decision originates when a parent from the school district of Topeka, Kansas, Oliver Brown, is recruited by the NAACP to challenge school segregation.
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The original case from Kansas eventually gets consolidated with many other cases from around the country, effectively turning the case into a national policy decision.
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Numerous grassroots organizations from around the country gather evidence of inequalities in segregated schools in order to support the NAACP in this case.
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The Supreme Court hears the arguments from both sides. Backed by the evidence gathered from grassroots organizations, the NAACP LDF argues a strong case against the segregation of schools.
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The Supreme Court rules in favor of the NAACP, effectively eliminating segregation of schools in the United States. This decision would become a major milestone in the civil rights movement