No single justice declared segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, (1954); all nine justices overturned the "separate but equal" precedent set in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), by voting unanimously.
Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion of the Court in that case, a safe bet for a test answer, but don't be mislead into thinking he overturned any racial segregation laws unilaterally (all by himself).
Earl Warren
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The supreme court justice was Earl Warren.
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The 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public accommodations under the "separate-but-equal" doctrine. The Supreme Court voted 7-1 (with one abstention). Justice John M. Harlan cast the dissenting vote.The doctrine was overturned 58 years later by the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.
The 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public accommodations under the "separate-but-equal" doctrine. The Supreme Court voted 7-1 (with one abstention). Justice John M. Harlan cast the dissenting vote.The doctrine was overturned 58 years later by the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.
It declared racial segregation of children in public schools unconstitutional, because "Segregation of students in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because separate facilities are inherently unequal." The Supreme Court decision nullified segregation policies in school districts across the country, and overturned a previous ruling made by the Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), which allowed "separate but equal" facilities.Chief Justice Warren wrote: "Separate but equal is inherently unequal."Case Citation:Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Chief Justice Earl Warren, who presided over the US Supreme Court from 1953 - 1969.
Thurgood Marshall, lead counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, was a powerful civil rights activist who won 29 of 32 cases argued before the US Supreme Court. His most famous case was Brown v. Board of Education, (1954), which overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine legitimized by Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), and lead to the end of segregation in public schools.President Johnson nominated Justice Marshall to the Court in 1967; he retired in 1991.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Justice Thurgood Marshall, who argued for the end of segregation in education in Brown v. Board of Education, (1954). Justice Marshall believed affirmative action for African-Americans was an important remedy to the disadvantages and oppression they'd experienced under the law for hundreds of years.
Justice Thurgood Marshall, who argued for the end of segregation in education in Brown v. Board of Education, (1954). Justice Marshall believed affirmative action for African-Americans was an important remedy to the disadvantages and oppression they'd experienced under the law for hundreds of years.
As a supreme court justice, he said that segregation in schools was against the constitution. Apex