The Brown vs Board of Education case as a major turning point in African American. Brown vs. Board of Education was arguably the most important case that impacted African Americans and white society because it introduced a whole new perspective on whether “separate but equal” was truly equal. Brown vs. Board of Education consisted of five different cases involving school segregation. “Although the facts of each case are different, the primary issue in each was the constitutionality of state-sponsored segregation in public schools (“HISTORY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION”). “Plessy vs. Ferguson was a case that held a precedent. In 1892, an African American named Homer Plessy did not give up his seat to a white man ("HISTORY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION"). Then he was arrested and taken to prison. Plessy then went to the Supreme Court to argue that his Fourteenth Amendment had been violated. However, the Supreme Court ruled against Plessy and established the precedent that “separate but equal” is truly equal (“HISTORY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION”). After the Plessy v. Ferguson verdict, many civil rights activists were outraged. An important African American group rose up and fought against racial discrimination. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has fought many different racial cases. For example, George McLaurin was accepted into a doctrine program at the University of Oklahoma (“HISTORY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION”). However, McLaurin was asked by the University to sit away from class and eat at a different time than whites. McLaurin was confused about this and hired Thurgood Marshall from the NAACP to help him defend his rights. Thurgood Marshall fought for McLaurin......center of paper......ling gave African Americans more rights. Works Cited “HISTORY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION.” United States Courts. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Network. March 12, 2014.Anderson, Rick. “Many people take part in the local case.” CJOnline.com. The Capital Journal, May-June 2004. Web. March 12, 2014. “Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).” InfoPlease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. March 10, 2014."History of the United States, Volume II: 1865—-Present."Google Books. Boundless, 2013. Web. 12 March 2014. Sunstein, Cass R. "Brown matter?" The New Yorker. Conde Naste, 3 May 2004. Web. 12 March 2014."The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights."The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The Leaders' Conference on Civil and Human Rights, n.d. Web. March 12, 2014."1954."Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement. Webspinner and Web. 12 March. 2014.