Oliver Brown

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Oliver Brown was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ended legal racial segregation in public schools.

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Linda Brown 1
Oliver Brown et al. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights figure
person
advocatedFor desegregation of public schools
associatedWithEvent end of legal racial segregation in U.S. public schools
burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1918
dateOfDeath 1961
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African Americans
filedCaseOnBehalfOf his daughter Linda Brown
hasChild Oliver Brown self-linksurface differs
surface form: Linda Brown
historicalSignificance central figure in the Supreme Court decision declaring segregated public schools unconstitutional
influenced subsequent civil rights litigation in the United States
knownFor being the lead plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education
legalAction lawsuit against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
legalRepresentation Thurgood Marshall
movement American civil rights movement
name Oliver Brown self-link
notableCase Brown v. Board of Education
occupation assistant pastor
welder
opposed racial segregation in public schools
placeOfActivity Topeka, Kansas
placeOfBirth Springfield, Kansas
placeOfDeath Topeka, Kansas
race African American
religion Christianity
representedBy NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
roleIn lead plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education
spouse Leola Brown

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Oliver Brown hasChild Oliver Brown self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Linda Brown
Springfield, Kansas hasKeyFigure Oliver Brown
subject surface form: Brown v. Board of Education
Oliver Brown name Oliver Brown self-link
Brown II party Oliver Brown
this entity surface form: Oliver Brown et al.