Part+1+Background


 * Who was involved.**
 * 1) ** Those that were involved is every state within the United States with schools. **
 * 2) ** Originally started out in the Topeka board of education **
 * 3) ** Supreme court was involved **
 * 4) ** Associated Justices Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter · William O. Doug Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas **
 * 5) ** Chief Justice Earl Warren **

**What happened**

**Class action lawsuit that was filed calling for School districts to reverse its policy of racial segregation in schools**

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**NAACP decided to challenge after Oliver Brown, a prominent African American whose daughter Linda was forced to walk 6 blocks to a bus stop to take a bus to a segregated school**

**The district court ruled in favor of Brown vs Board of Education due to the Supreme courts decision on Plessy vs Ferguson** **separate but equal** **However the court ruled that the schools were in deed equal in respect to building, transportation, and education** **Did not focus on the negative effects it had on Black children**

Where and When did it Occur **Originally Brown vs Board was filed in 1950 at Topeka Kansas** **The case would circulate throughout the lower courts in Kansas for 2 years** **Brown vs Board was actually 5 cases grouped together** **//Brown v. Board of Education,// 347 US 483 (1954) (Kansas)** **//Briggs v. Elliot// (South Carolina)*** **//Davis v. County Board of Education of Prince Edward County// (Virginia)** **//Gebhart v. Belton// (Delaware)** **Bolling v. Melvin Sharpe ( Washington DC)**

**How&Why was it brought to the Supreme Court** Spent 2 years being circulated around the lower level courts Finally brought to the attention of the Supreme Court after they granted a writ of certiroari 10/8/52 The NAACP decided that by grouping the cases together and the use of a man's first name would help increase chances



**External links** **http://www.fold3.com/page/83001069_brown_vs_board_of_education/**