Brown vs. The Board Of Education
Brian Caceres and Albert
Where it all started
Brown vs. Board Of Education
- Plessy V. Ferguson
significant people
Oliver Brown
Brown claimed segregation was unconstitutional.
Linda Brown
Thurgood Marshall
The process
- The trial lasted three years and went up to the Supreme court
- The supreme court overruled Plessy V. ferguson
Impacts on society
- Ended school segregation
- The "Little Rock nine"
Connection between the event and To Kill a Mockingbird
- Black Kids lived on dirt roads and did not attend the same schools as Jem and Scout
- The segregated seating spots in the courthouse
- jem and Scout were the news of the town when they discovered that they sat with the African-Americans