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From Plessy to Brown: A Journey for Equality

9/21/2025

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In 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for riding in a "Whites-only" railcar, leading to the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld "separate but equal" and reinforced racial inequality.
The NAACP was founded in 1909 by reformers, including Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. Du Bois.
Thurgood Marshall joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in 1940 to legally challenge segregation.
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education.
Marshall became the first African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967.

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Story summary

In 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for riding in a "Whites-only" railcar, leading to the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld "separate but equal" and reinforced racial inequality.
The NAACP was founded in 1909 by reformers, including Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. Du Bois.
Thurgood Marshall joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in 1940 to legally challenge segregation.
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education.
Marshall became the first African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967.