Brown v Board of Education
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Why is this event important to Georgia’s history?
1. The key figures involved in the Brown v Board of Education case were Oliver Brown, who was a parent of a young African American girl who was denied admission to a white school, and Thurgood Marshall, who was the lead attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
2. The event involved the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v Board of Education, in which the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This decision overturned the previous "separate but equal" doctrine established by the Plessy v Ferguson case.
3. The event took place in Topeka, Kansas, where Oliver Brown's daughter was denied admission to a white school because of her race.
4. The Supreme Court ruled on the Brown v Board of Education case on May 17, 1954.
5. This event is important to Georgia's history because it had far-reaching implications for desegregation in schools across the country, including in Georgia. The ruling in the Brown case eventually led to the desegregation of public schools in Georgia and helped pave the way for the civil rights movement in the state.