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Earl Warren

wrote Brown v. Board opinion

wrote Brown v. Board opinion

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  1. 1954 · 1954-05-17

    Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the Brown v. Board opinion, which combined cases from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. and invalidated the 'separate but equal' doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) as it applied to public education nationwide.

    John L. BrownJames E. Ferguson

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  2. 1971 · 1971-04-20

    On April 20, 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9-0 decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971), written by Chief Justice Warren Burger, upholding busing as a constitutionally permissible remedial tool for achieving school desegregation.

    Harding High SchoolSecond Ward High SchoolCentral High School

    Source · checked 2026-08-13