Plessy vs, Ferguson The Significance of Brown v. The Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas has been credited with much significance. For some, it signaled the start of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, while for others, it represented the fall of segregation. The Brown decision was a landmark because it overturned the legal policies established by the Plessy …showed first 75 words of 657 total…

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