Separate Is Not Equal - Brown v. Board of Education

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Segregated America
The Battleground
Legal Campaign
Five Communities Change a Nation
The Decision
  • Defenders of Segregation
  • Segregationists’ Argument
  • Challengers of Segregation
  • Integrationists’ Argument
  • Reaching a Decision
  • Court’s Decision
  • Timeline
Legacy
Vinson Court

Vinson Court

The Supreme Court members at the time of the Brown case, official photograph taken on October 12, 1949
(Courtesy of Supreme Court of the United States)

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