Oliver+Brown



Oliver Brown was an african american who sued the Topeka, Kansas, Board of Education so that his 8 year-old daughter could attend an all white school in her district that was closer to home. His case made it all the way to supreme court where he was represented by Thurgood Marshall in hopes to desegregate schools. On May 17, 1954 the court ruled that the school boards would start to desegregate "at their leisure."

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