May 17, 1954 - In the case of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, the US Supreme Court outlaws school segregation by race.
Chief lawyer for the Brown family is NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorney Thurgood Marshall. Students, however, continue to attend either all-white or all-black schools.
Marshall speaks in Charlotte with local NAACP leaders, the 1957 desegregation pioneers and their families. Photo of Thurgood Marshall
A 6th grade class at the all-black Torrence-Lytle High. Photo of 6th grade class at all-black Torrence-Lytle High
These African American student bus drivers continue to drive black children past all-white high schools to get to the county high school, Torrence-Lytle High. Photo of African American student bus drivers