A poster commemorating the 50th anniversary of Bolling -v- Sharpe. The Bolling-v-Sharpe case is the only case which comprised Brown -v- Board of Educationto take place in Washington, DC.
In 1970, 4 people were killed in an armed takeover of a court room in Marin County, California. The guns used in the takeover were registered to Angela Davis, a political activist and communist. In 1972 she was acquited of all charges.