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Brown v. Board of Education

Related Cases



  • Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880).
  • Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1898).
  • Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950).
  • McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637 (1950).
  • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971).
  • Milliken v. Bradley, 433 U.S. 267 (1974).
  • Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982).
  • Bob Jones University v. United States, 461 U.S. 574 (1983).

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1954 to 1962Brown v. Board of Education - Significance, Naacp Takes On Topeka Board Of Education, Fight Goes To Supreme Court, Court Throws Out Plessy; Declares Segregation Illegal