The plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education was Oliver Brown and the defendant was the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. In the fall of 1951, the NAACP assisted Brown in filing a lawsuit challenging racial segregation in public schools. The case was first heard in summer 1951 in U.S. District Court in Kansas before ultimately being decided by the Supreme Court on May 17, 1954, which ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

1. 4th Period
February 8,2013

3.  Q: Who is the plaintiff?
 A: Brown
 Q: Who is the defendant?
 A: Board of Education

4.  Q: What did the key player this case actually do?
 A: Topeka’s NAACP branch assisted Mr. Brown in
during this segregation law. On May 17, 1954 the U.S.
Supreme Court made their decision.

5.  Q: When did the key players do what they did?
 A: In the fall of 1951 is when the Brown case
went forth.
 Q: When was the case heard?
 A: In the summer of 1951 is when the case was
heard by the U.S. District court for the District
of Kansas.

6.  Q: Where did this event happen?
 A: This event happened in Topeka, Kansas.
 Q: Where did the court case take place?
 The court case took place in Kansas.

7.  Q: Can you identify why the key players did
what they did?
 A: Yes because the state- sanctioned
segregation violated the 14Th amendment and
was unconstitutional.

8.  Q: How did the court come to its verdict?
Where there other court cases involved?
 A: The supreme court ruled in Brown’s favor
because segregation in public schools are
unconstitutional. Yes , Plessy v. Feruson.

9.  We believe that everyone should have an equal
education and they shouldn’t have turned
Linda down from school they could’ve at least
gave her special treatment because there was
no schools available in her area.

10.  http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/BrownvsBoa
rd.htm