The document summarizes the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. It discusses how Linda Brown, a black schoolgirl in Topeka, Kansas, was denied admission to her local white school in violation of her 14th amendment rights. The NAACP helped Brown's family challenge the "separate but equal" policy of the Topeka school district. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision and dismantling the legal basis for racial segregation in schools and other public facilities.