🇺🇸 United States
📜 Civil Law
📅 1954
⭐ Landmark Case
Supreme Court
Brown v. Board of Education
🏛 U.S. Supreme Court
Case Details
📋 Case Summary
Declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional, overturning the separate but equal doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson.
⚖️ Final Judgment / Ruling
Unanimous 9-0 ruling: racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause.
💡 Why This Case Matters
Landmark ruling that ended legal racial segregation in US public schools and became a cornerstone of the civil rights movement.