Brown v. Board Of Education (1954) OCR USA AS Race History Spec B

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• Supreme courts overheard arguments over 2 year period
• Courts considered research about segregation effects of African Americans
• in 1954 chief justice Earl Warren issueed supreme court verdict - unanimous verdict
• Plessy v. Ferguson overturned - removed constitutional sanction for segregation
• Warrern Court…