In fact, many state legislatures enacted laws that led to the legally mandated segregation of the races. In other words, the laws of ... The Road to Brown. read more
The five cases were filed in the District of Columbia and in four states, Delaware, Virginia, South Carolina and Kansas. Click on the cases below to learn more about each one. Belton (Bulah) v. read more
Significance: Thurgood Marshall would become lead counsel in the Brown v. Board of Education case. 1908 Berea College v. Commonwealth of Kentucky The Supreme Court upheld a Kentucky state law forbidding interracial instruction at all schools and colleges in the state. read more
There were 5 cases that aided in the ruling of the Brown v. Board of Education case. Brown was a little girl who was forced by the Topeka, Kansas school district to walk six blocks to catch read more