thurgood marshall successfully argued the brown v. board of education case for the naacp.
this person successfully argued the brown v. board of education case for the naacp?
thurgood marshall
howard university school of law has significant ties to the civil rights movement. former husl dean charles hamilton houston's work for the naacp earned him the title of "the man who killed jim crow." thurgood marshall, a 1933 graduate of howard law, successfully argued the landmark brown v. board of education case before the u.s. supreme court and in 1967 became the first african-american supreme court justice. in 1950, howard law graduate pauli murray published "states' laws on race and color", an examination and critique of state segregation laws throughout the nation. thurgood marshall called the book the "bible" of the civil rights movement.
howard university school of law
in 1954, most of the united states had racially segregated schools, which was made legal by the "plessy v. ferguson" case in 1896. in the case it held that segregated public schools were constitutional as long as the black and white children in the schools were equal. throughout the middle of the twentieth century many civil rights groups and leaders challenged the school board's racial segregation through legal and political action. one of the actions, brown v. board of education was filed, and is an important and significant case, which ultimately led up to the ann arbor decision. the brown v. board of education case was filed against topeka and it went over how it violated the 14th amendment. the case paved the way for integration in many public schools across the united states, but black students still faced many problems as stated in the ann arbor decision.
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