Brown v. Board of Education By jposa 1865 Jim Crow Laws Following the 13th amendment states would introduced strict laws that took freedoms away from former slaves that would last for 6 decades 1889 Ida B. Wells American journalist and prominent fighter against Jim Crow laws. Became co owner of a Memphis Free Speech and Headlight newspaper. 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Separate but equal doctrine, lawsuit in which the supreme court declared separate but equal facilities constitutional 1916 The Great Migration Segregation in the south lead to a rise in relocation of more than 6 millions African Americans to North and Midwest States. 1936 Murray v. Maryland Donald Gaines Murray files lawsuit against the University of Maryland with the help of Thurgood Marshall, arguing that Murray was just as qualified as white applicants but was not accepted based on the color of his skin 1950 Sweat v. Painter The NAACP's continued attack on legal discrimination from higher education resulted in supreme court rulings in favor of integration 1951 Rev. Oliver L. Brown Files Lawsuit Denied entrance into an all white middle school in Topeka Kansas. Along with help from the NAACP Brown filed a lawsuit against the Topeka board of education.