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What original four states and district challenged the US Supreme Court for racial segregation and why?
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Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)
Brown was a consolidation of four cases from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia and Delaware heard the same day as a fifth, companion case (Bolling v. Sharpe), that had to be considered separately because it originated in the District of Columbia, federal territory.
The states didn't bring the segregation challenge to the courts, however; the NAACP orchestrated all five cases with the hope of overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine set in Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896. The civil rights organization's goal was to integrate the public schools so African-American children could have the same quality of education and opportunities as white children.
The four cases consolidated under Browninclude:
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954) (Kansas)
Briggs v. Elliot (South Carolina)*
Davis v. County Board of Education of Prince Edward County (Virginia)
Gebhart v. Belton (Delaware)
Companion case, heard separately:
Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 US 497 (1954)
*Briggs v. Elliot, 342 US 350 (1952) originally came before the court in 1952, but the decision was vacated and the case remanded back to US District Court for disposition.
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