to one of the only four segregated schools for them.

After an unsuccessful attempt in federal district court, the NAACP case was appealed to the United States Supreme Court, where it was joined with cases from Delaware, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

After the initial arguments in early 1953, the high court suffered the loss of Chief Justice Fred Vinson, who died suddenly. President Dwight Eisenhower then appointed former California

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