On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson and declared that "separate was inherently unequal" when it came to educational facilities for the American children. This historic case, Brown v. Board of Education, was a huge step in the fight for equal civil rights among African Americans.
The three attorneys who worked on this case are pictured here. The one in the middle later became a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who is he?
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