Associated Press The seating arrangement on this southern bus reflects changes started by the ruling in D.C. v. Heller Plessy v. Ferguson Marbury v. Madison Brown v. Board of Education
People of various races riding on a bus with the ability to sit anywhere. 2012 The Associated Press The seating arrangement on this southern bus reflects changes started by the ruling in <em>Madison Brown v. Board of Education</em>. It was held in 1954 and struck down the doctrine of “separate but equal” established by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. Racial segregation was proved to be unequal and unconstitutional.
In Brown vs Board of Education the Supreme Court that segregation in schools was NOT constitutional. This is important because it marked the end of the “separate but equal” idea that lasted for nearly a century.
