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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS. Et Al

U.S. Supreme Court1954

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Brown vs. Board of Education was the landmark decision that overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson, which had upheld separate-but-equal accommodations by race since 1896. The case was bolstered by several national precedents that chipped away at the constitutionality of Plessy, two of which involved Bernard Kinsey’s father, U.B. Kinsey. One occurred in 1941, when he was a member of the Palm Beach (Fla.) County Teachers Association, which successfully sued the local board of education for equal pay. That suit was argued by Thurgood Marshall who, with his colleagues, would go on to win the Supreme Court’s unanimous approval for the desegregation of public school through Brown.

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  • Title: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS. Et Al
  • Creator: U.S. Supreme Court
  • Date Created: 1954
  • Physical Dimensions: h 8.5, w 11 in
  • Type: Letter
  • Medium: Typescript
The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

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