naacp
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- Naacp
- civil rights group. wanted to challenge and defeat segregation through the legal system
- in the 1950's they filed a number of court cases that challenged segregation in schools
- these were all combined into one case before the supreme court. brown vs board of education of topeka
- the court decided unanimously in 1954 that 'in the field of public education "separate but equal" has no place'
- this reversed the ruling of plessy vs ferguson in 1986 and made segregation of schools illegal
- was a major victory, and it helped to grow the civil rights movement. thurgood marshall later became a supreme court judge
- many in the south resisted Brown. by 1964, 98% of black children still went to segrated schools.
- growth of tv and attention = bigger audience
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