Racial Cases There are many court cases discriminating towards African Americans that have occurred throughout the United States history. Many of these cases had a major impact on the daily lives of blacks and brought the civil right movement to a start. One of these cases were Dred Scott v. Sandford. Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. From 1833 to 1843, Scott lived in Illinois, which is a free state, and in an area of the …showed first 75 words of 596 total…

…showed last 75 words of 596 total…leader who eventually became the first black member of the Supreme Court, argued the case for Brown. The Supreme Court decided unanimously that the "separate but equal doctrine" violated black children's 14th amendment rights. The groundbreaking decision led to the integration of schools throughout the country, a step that many people had been working diligently to bring about. This decision in favor of integration is one of the most important events in American civil rights.