What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional? Can you elaborate on the specifics of this case?
In 1952 the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education was brought before the supreme court to argue the constitutionality of state-sponsored segregation in public schools. Thurgood Marshall handled the case. His issue was that separate schools for blacks and whites were unequal, violating the "equal protection clause" of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. After many hearings concerning the matter of desegregation, on May 31, 1955, the Supreme Court gave instructions on how to proceed; desegregation was to move with "all deliberate speed." Although it took many years for all segregated school systems to be desegregated, Brown and Brown II (as the Court's plan for desegregating schools was called) was responsible for it happening. 