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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka is a civil rights lawsuit that had a major impact on the American civil rights movement. The decision was made in 1954, which overturned a ruling made in 1896 in Plessy v. Ferguson. This ruling said that segregation was legal- so long as the facilities were separate, but equal. However, the Warren court said "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," and ruled that racial segregation was a direct violation of the 14th Amendment.

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  • The plaintiffs in the case were thirteen Topeka parent on behalf of their twenty children.
  • The NAACP played a very crucial role in this case.

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