The court cases Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Board of Education are considered to be the two most influential cases dealing with Civil Rights and equality in the United States. These cases challenged the Constitution and ultimately was the beginning of the end of segregation in the United States. Plessy v. Ferguson sparked the black Americans to fight back against discrimination and led to other, more successful outcomes such as Brown v. Board of …
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…of, deprived of equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment." <Tab/>It is doubtful the Supreme Court has ever made a decision of greater social significance then these two cases. Both of these events were great turning points in favor of the desegregation of public schools as well as the fight for equality. Without these cases the constant discrimination of Blacks in America may still be present today.