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Plessy v. Ferguson
Homer Plessy challenged Lousiana State law by sitting in the first class section of a train. The court ruled that "separate but equal" did not violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall is most recognized for his role in the Brown v. Board case. He is responsible for overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine made in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. -
NAACP
Charles Hamilton Houston began challenging segregation in schools. Houston developed a strategy that would be essential in the victory of the Brown v. Board case. -
Brown v. Board of Topeka, Kansas
This state court case ruled that "no willful, intentional or substantial discrimination" occured in Topeka's schools. -
Briggs v. Elliot
During this court case, Lawyers had argued that segregation had harmed black children psychologically. During this ourt case, evidence from Kenneth and Mamie Clark doll testing had been used. The judges held that "separate but equal" facilties were constitutional. This court case was eventually consolidated with the supreme court case Brown v. Board of Education. -
Belton v. Gebhart
Ethel Belton, as well as other parents, were represented by Louis Redding and Jack Greenberg. They were disgruntled by the fact that their children were not allowed to attend the school in Claymont. The judge agreed that there was "an existing and continuing violation of the separate but equal doctrine". However, the court did not reject the separate but equal doctine, but rather enforced it. -
Davis v. County School Board of Edward County
Barbara Jones had organized a group of ten strikers to advoacate for the cause of being able to attend a better equipped white school. Thurgood Marshall had convinced Barabara Jones to strike against the segregation laws of Virginia. In 1954, this case was consolidated in the supreme court case Brown v. Board of Education. -
Bolling v. Marvin Sharpe
A lawyer by the name of James Nabrit argued that segregation was unconstitutional. However Judge Walter Bastian dismissed Bolling v. Sharpe and upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The decision of this court case overturned the "separate but equal" clause from the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. -
Brown II
After a series of arguments, the Supreme Court implented Brown II, which was the blue print of how desegregation would occur. In the Brown II opinion, desegregation would occur in "all deliberate speed". -
Meredith v. Fair
James Meredith was able to successfullly fight for his rights to attend University of Mississippi. Acknowledgement towards the Brown v. Board of Education should be taken because it made the quest of fighting for one's rights for an education substantially easier. -
Civil Rights Act
Segregation was officially outlawed in all circumstances. Moreover, Jim Crow laws, which had been upheld by Plessy v. Ferguson had become outlawed. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act had officially outlawed certain practices that were largely responsible for the disenfranchisement amongst African Americans.
