2. Brown v. Board of Education started off as five cases. In 1950 and 1951, lawsuits were filed in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia on behalf of black elementary school students who attended legally segregated schools. read more
Board of Education lawsuit was started in 1951 when Oliver Brown and thirteen other parents tried to enroll their children in the local "white schools" in the summer of 1950, but were turned down because they were African Americans. read more
Brown v. Board of Education Timeline Timeline of Events Leading to the Brown v. Board of Education Decision, 1954 1857 Dred Scott, Plaintiff in Error v. John F. A. Sanford The Supreme Court held that Blacks, enslaved or free, could not be citizens of the United States. read more