The Brown vs. Board of Education case was a game changer for civil rights in America. The "separate but equal" policy was challenged after it had been used to determine many other civil rights cases for years. Linda Brown was a young African American student who was forced to walk to a further away black school instead of being able to attend a closer all white school. The NAACP decided to sponsor Linda Brown, and together they were able to bring the case to the Supreme Court. The NAACP along with little Linda Brown fought hard for the rights of black students and were able to defeat the Board of Education. The "separate but equal" policy was then declared unconstitutional, and it was overturned.
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