His most famous victory was the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case, which broke the "separate but equal" doctrine that kept schools in many areas racially segregated.

City contracting officials said yesterday that four of the companies accused in the Board of Education case also sold to those city agencies.

The 1992 Mississippi decision, legal experts said, was to higher education what the 1955 Brown v. Board of Education case was to elementary and secondary education.

These victories would help lead the way to the outcome of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case.

Their initiative ultimately became part of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1954.

(c) Education cases A local authority may be required to investigate in the following situations.

Another important precedent was the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case.

Although technically the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case made segregation in schools illegal, some schools were still segregated by the neighborhoods they served.

This ruling helped lay the foundation for the landmark Brown v Board of Education case which ended racial segregation in the public school system.

The Chinese were central to a school segregation lawsuit considered by some to be an important precursor to the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case.