A History of the Civil Rights Movement

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TAKES HOLD

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Attorneys George E. C. Hayes (left), Thurgood Marshall (center), and James M. Nabrit (right) celebrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court building after the Court ruled in May 1954 that school segregation was unconstitutional. In 1967, Marshall (1908–1993) would become the first African American to serve as a Supreme Court justice.

to whites. Segregation laws in education resulted in a separate and unequal education for black children. The Supreme Court heard the case again on two more occasions. In May 1954 it submitted its decision. The Court agreed that segregation in public