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John Brown is a fairly common name, but the most famous "John Brown" was an abolitionist before the Civil War who was a terrorist before his time.
He is not the "Brown" (whose first name was Oliver) involved in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court decision the struck down the "separate but equal" treatment of segregated schools before 1954.
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How was Attorney John W Davis' reference to Aesop's fable supposed to affect the court in Brown v. Board of Education?
Attorney John W. Davis referenced Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" to suggest that social progress should be gradual, rather than rushed. He was arguing against the immediate desegregation sought by the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education, urging the court to consider the potential consequences of rapid change on society.
What justice in the Brown v Board of Education case was a descendant of John Marshall Harlan?
Justice John Marshall Harlan II was the grandson of Justice John Marshall Harlan, the sole dissenter in Plessy v. Ferguson,(1896), the decision that declared "separate but equal" public accommodations was constitutional. Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) overturned that decision; however, John Marshall Harlan II wasn't one of the justices involved in the first Brown decision. Harlan succeeded Justice Robert H. Jackson, joining the bench in March 1955. He voted with the majority in Brown v. Board of Education II, (1955), the case in which the Court ordered desegregation to take place with "all deliberate speed."Justices for Brown v. Board of Education I and IIChief Justice Earl WarrenHugo BlackStanley F. ReedFelix FrankfurterWilliam O. DouglasRobert H. Jackson (Brown I)John Marshall Harlan II (succeeded Jackson, Brown II)Harold H. BurtonTom C. ClarkSherman MintonCase Citations:Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)Brown v. Board of Education II, 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
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Thurgood Marshall served as the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education. He was the director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund at the time. On the opposing side, John W. Davis was one of the lead attorneys representing the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
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