1952
June 9, 1952: Both South Carolina and Kansas cases are scheduled for fall (Briggs v Elliott & Brown v. Board of Edcuation).
October 8, 1952: Virginia case is proposed (Davis v. School Board of Prince Edward County).
October 16, 1952: John W. Davis walks outside the Supreme Court and Marshall's kips class to hear the argument.
November 21, 1952: Delaware's attorney general requested to add more to the case but the Court rejected to have an extension for the Delaware case (Bulah v. Gebhart and Belton v Gebhart).
December 9-11, 1952: The Supreme Court hears all arguments on school cases.
October 8, 1952: Virginia case is proposed (Davis v. School Board of Prince Edward County).
October 16, 1952: John W. Davis walks outside the Supreme Court and Marshall's kips class to hear the argument.
November 21, 1952: Delaware's attorney general requested to add more to the case but the Court rejected to have an extension for the Delaware case (Bulah v. Gebhart and Belton v Gebhart).
December 9-11, 1952: The Supreme Court hears all arguments on school cases.
1953
June 8, 1953: Decisions are all divided between justices. Justice Felix Frankfurther persuades the justices to ask all sides to prepare to answer questions that focuses on the 14th Amendment and the protection of citizenship rights.
June 9, 1953: Walter White, the NAACP director and Thurgood Marshall sent out an emergency telegram to contributors that has potential that ran out of money to argue furthermore.
June-October 1953: To answer all the questions from the Courts, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund plans a big nationwide research project of historians and legal scholars. Marshall chose John A. Davis to lead the task force. The NAACP gets more than 200 scholars. With both the academic and legal team, they created an argument
September 8, 1953: Supreme Court Chief Fred M. Vinson passes from a heart attack at the age of 63. This causes the case's outcome to be unsure.
October 5, 1953: President Dwight Eisenhower appoints Earl Warren to replace Vinson. Warren assumed the post pending confirmation because the Congress was not in session.
December 7, 1953: The Brown cases is back in session with Chief Warren presiding to hear both sides.
1954
March 2, 1954: Earl Warren is confirmed to be in the Supreme Court by the Senate. This was a major turning point in the Court's ruling on civil and individual rights.
May 17, 1954: Decision made favoring Brown. It overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and its equal protection clause.
May 17, 1954: Decision made favoring Brown. It overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and its equal protection clause.
1955
April 11, 1955: Arguments begin before the finalizing the decision. The purpose was to provide an outline for integrated public schools.
May 31, 1955: Supreme Court issues Brown II. This provides for implementing integration public school. They set no deadline for ending integrated public school and order the state to integrate their schools.
May 31, 1955: Supreme Court issues Brown II. This provides for implementing integration public school. They set no deadline for ending integrated public school and order the state to integrate their schools.