Trivia: In 1954, the court heard the case “Brown v. Board of Education of” where?
Jackson, Mississippi
Topeka, Kansas
Frankfort, Kentucky
Little Rock, Arkansas
The correct answer is Topeka, Kansas
So why is this answer correct? : In 1951, Oliver Brown’s daughter Linda was denied entrance to Topeka’s all-white elementary schools, leading him to argue that segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. In the landmark case “Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,” the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.