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  1. Oliver Leon Brown (August 2, 1918 – June 20, 1961) was an African-American welder who was the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al. Biography and Supreme Court case.

  2. August 2, 1918. Place of Death: Topeka, Kansas. Date of Death: June 20, 1961. Place of Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery. Cemetery Name: Topeka, Kansas. Rev. Oliver Leon Brown served as lead plaintiff, one of 13 plaintiffs, in the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court case.

  3. Mar 27, 2018 · Oliver Brown tried to enroll his 7-year-old daughter at the all-white school four blocks from their Topeka, Kan., house. It led to a landmark Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education,...

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  5. Apr 11, 2024 · Rev. Oliver L. Brown. Rev. Oliver Leon Brown served as lead plaintiff, one of 13 plaintiffs, in the Board v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court case.

  6. Mar 27, 2018 · The Rev. Oliver Leon Brown seemed fearless that September day, his daughter would recall 50 years later during a 2004 speech at the University of Michigan. She remembered her father's hands...

  7. May 19, 2019 · The second irony is that, of the five local desegregation cases brought before the Supreme Court by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in 1953, Browns case – formally known as Oliver Brown et al., v.

  8. About Brown v. Board. The 1954 United States Supreme Court decision in Oliver L. Brown et al v. the Board of Education of Topeka (KS) et al. is among the most significant judicial turning points in the development of our country.

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