- The legal turning point for the movement

US Supreme Court in 1954 decision to outlaw segregation in public schools

<aside> 🔥 Outlawed the 'separate but equal' doctrine for Education

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• Was the first step towards national desegregation and a reversal of the result of the Plessey verse Ferguson case (Jim Crowe laws/black codes)
• How was it created
• How was the Case Argued

Significance

<aside> 📜 A turning point for the history of race relations in the United states. The supreme court stripped away constitutional sanctions for segregation by race and made equal opportunity in education the law of the land.

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<aside> 🔑 Infused the entire civil rights movement with the legitimacy of the supreme court and the legal justification for the actions. This gave them protection by the law and set a president for many legal changes that would occur throughout the rest of the movement.

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• why was education particularly important

Gave hope for millions of Americans as it permanently discredited the legal rationale underpinning the racial caste system that had been endorsed or accepted by governments at all levels since the end of the 19th century.

Significance

Risk of losing the Case

• Segregation would now be further protected under the law. If they lose it would be even more difficult in reversing the Jim crowe segregation laws.

Mobilising Opposition in the South