Brown v Board of Education was a landmark Supreme Court case that involved Linda Brown, a young African American girl who was denied admission to her local elementary school because of her race. The case was brought on behalf of Linda Brown and other African American families by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The decision to desegregate schools had a significant impact on all students and families in the United States, as it overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established in the 1896 case Plessy v Ferguson. The ruling significantly impacted the education system, as it was a major step towards racial equality and the civil rights movement.
