What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case?
Q: What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case?
A: The landmark Supreme Court case was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
Q: Who initiated the lawsuit?
A: The lawsuit was initiated by Oliver Brown, a black third-grade girl named Linda Brown's father, and twelve other black parents who wanted their children to attend the white elementary school near them.
Q: What did Plessy v. Ferguson rule in 1896?
A: In 1896, Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that segregation was legal as long as separate places for blacks and whites were "separate but equal."
Q: How did Kenneth Clark contribute to the case?
A: Kenneth Clark conducted a doll test with young African-American children to see how they felt about segregation and integration, which he used in his testimony for the case. He also gave them drawings of a kid and asked them to color it like themselves with a white or yellow crayon which he also used in his testimony for the case.
Q: Who helped file the class action lawsuit?
A: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) helped file the class action lawsuit on behalf of Oliver Brown and twelve other black parents who wanted their children to attend an integrated school near them.
Q: What happened after Thurgood Marshall won the case?
A: After Thurgood Marshall won the case many of plaintiffs lost their jobs and respect in society due to backlash from those opposed to desegregation efforts.
