The Jim Crow laws began between the end of reconstruction in 1877 and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950’s. They were local and state ruled that were designed to keep African Americans segregated. The court decision that changed it all. In 1954 Oliver brown was upset because his daughter Linda Brown was not allowed into an all white school in Topeka, Kansas because the color of her skin which ended up in the supreme court. Thurgood Marshall was the Brown family’s representative and Chief Justus Earl Warren was the judge. On May 17 1954 a decision was made that it was unconstitutional for public schools to be racially segregated. This decision allowed Linda Brown to attend the all white school.
All children were affected,
All children were affected,