Linda Brown, a little black girl, was denied the right to go to public school in Topeka, Kansas. This school was one said to be just for whites though. This case, which was eventually brought to the supreme court, was about segregation in schools. The NAACP was quick to jump on this case in hopes that it would end at least this type of segregation. Plessy vs. Ferguson was brought up, which was the case that deemed the "separate but equal" law acceptable. After this case, though, it was officially called unconstitutional and schools were desegregated from that point on.This sparked the Civil Rights movement, causing the United States of America to never be the same again.
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