LAD #30

The case Brown vs. Board of Education was an instrumental case in the journey for civil rights. Previously the case Plessy vs. Ferguson had ruled that seperate but equal facilities should be permitted in the United States. This ruling actually allowed for the legalization of jim crow laws. However in 1954, under what would later be referred to as the Warren Court, segregated schools were declared unconstitutional. The actual case of Brown vs. Board of Education was prosecuted by the NAACP, which was led by Thurgood Marshall. The consequences of this single ruling were substantial. And while civil rights in America still had quite a ways to travel before becoming perfect, this ruling was a significant step in the right direction.