Museum Entrance Cases led to brown v. board of education Thurgood Marshall Earl Warren Linda Brown Welcome to the Museum of Brown v. Board of Education Curator’s Offices Fun Facts

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Room 1 Return to Entry Cases that led to Brown v. Board of Education

Room 2 Return to Entry Thurgood Marshall

Room 3 Return to Entry Linda Brown

Room 4 Return to Entry Earl Warren

A picture of Donald Gaines Murray Donald Gaines Murray was applying for a University but they rejected him due to his race. So he took it to court, where he said, “the University was violating the principal, separate but equal.” Baltimore city agreed as well as court of appeals. Afterward the University admitted Murray. Return to Exhibit Murray v. Maryland

This picture here is representing what Plessy was fighting for. An African-American named Homer Plessy refused to give up his seat to a white man, he was then arrested, but he took it to court and said, “they violated the equal protection clause.” Later in 1896 it was taken into Supreme Court where the Supreme Court ruled against Plessy. Return to Exhibit Plessy v. Ferguson

A picture of Heman Sweatt Heman Sweatt applied to a University for whites, so he was not admitted. Then he went to a black University in the same state, but it did not have the equal education so when he took it to Supreme Court, the Supreme court agreed with Sweatt, “The separate, but not equal,” was pointed out to the Supreme Court, so they ruled in favor of Heman Sweatt. Return to Exhibit Sweatt v. Painter

This is Lloyd Gaines Due to Lloyd Gaines race, he was not accepted to a law school in Missouri. This case was taken to Supreme Court later on. The Supreme Court ruled in favor for Gaines since there was no law school in Missouri for black people. So Gaines was able to go to the law school in Missouri. Return to Exhibit Gaines v. Canada

When he graduated at 17 years old. After he graduate from law school he started a private law practice at Baltimore. Thurgood Marshall also join the group National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He join the NAACP because he want to represent the law school discrimination for the case of Murray v. Pearson. Return to Exhibit Younger Marshall

He was an attorney. One of his greatest achievement was being a lawyer for civil right and his victory for the case of Brown v. Board of education. He took the case because a parent complain about his daughter not able to go to a the school that is close to them. He challenge the separate but not equal and then he took it to Supreme Court then win the case of Brown v. Board of education. That was his greatest achievement in his life. Return to Exhibit Attorney for brown v. board of education

When he was a young lawyer They put a statue of Thurgood Marshall at the Maryland State House. There is more memorial of him but the statue indicates of him becoming the a young lawyer. His one of his famous cases that people would remember is Brown v. Board of education. That case would be remember because without it school would been segregated. Return to Exhibit Legacy

When he was in Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall was nominated by President Johnson in It was argued by many people to put Marshall to be a Supreme Court justice. Marshall was sworn in October becoming the first African American to server as the highest position at Supreme Court. When he works at Supreme Court he also support peoples right when he is in position. Return to Exhibit Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Linda in her class room. Notice in the picture that it is an all black school. This is where she was forced to walk 4 miles instead of walking 4 blocks to the white school. This is where the court case Brown v. Boarder of education all started. Return to Exhibit Linda Brown’s Class

Linda Brown in the third or fourth grade When Linda Brown was in third or fourth grade when she had to keep moving schools because she was forced to and because of her race. Due to her race she was unable to attend schools that were near by her house. Instead she was forced to walk a pretty long distance to her school. Return to Exhibit Young Linda Brown

This Linda Brown as an adult. When Linda Brown was older she was a part of the National Association for the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP hired lawyers to fight for African American to let their children go to the white schools. Return to Exhibit Older Linda Brown

This is a newspaper of finally saying that school segregation is banned The child who made Brown v. Board of Education happen was Linda Brown. In her town, Topeka, her schools were racially segregated. Her father, Oliver Brown, were trying to sign for a school, which was near her house, but they rejected because of her race and the school was an all white school. Then she was forced to walk 4 miles to an all black school. Her father was very angry with that. So he took it to court. Than this case got to the Supreme Court and this where they ruled in favor of Brown. This is what the Supreme Court had said, “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal..." Return to Exhibit Room 3 The Actual Case

Picture of him as a jugde Warren was known as a judicial activist when he served in Supreme Court. As a chief justice he change a lot of law enforcement and voting district when he was in the position. He also supported the decision of Mapp v. Ohio. That case was an evidence gained through unlawful search could not be used against a suspect. Return to Exhibit Judge for the Supreme Court

When he served as the Government of California. Earl Warren served for three terms when he was a Governor. One thing that he did is he lowered taxes while he was creating a emergency fund for the state of California. Another thing he did while he was in term was increasing the state spending on higher education and caring for the elderly. Return to Exhibit Governor of California

He was nominated to be a judge. In 1953 he was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the position of Supreme Court judge. He also won legislative approval and became the leading judge for the Supreme Court. He took over the position of Fred Vinson. A couple years later he helped end the school segregation and he decided on the case Brown v. Board of education. So that ended the segregation for school and facilities. Return to Exhibit Nominated for Judge

He joined World War I Before Earl Warren was a governor and a Supreme Court he served in World War I. His rank in the army was a First Lieutenant. He didn't’t finished his job for serving at World War I. He got discharge in 1918 and went back to his home town California. There he became the attention of the powerful Republican. Return to Exhibit Served in World War I

Newspaper of the school segregation being banned "To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone." -Chief Justice Earl Warren in Brown v. Board of Education, Return to Exhibit Quotes!!