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Bookmark or Share- Brown Case - Brown v. Board | Brown FoundationOliver Brown was assigned as lead plaintiff, principally because he was the only man among the plaintiffs. On February 28, 1951 the NAACP filed their case as Oliver L. Brown et. al. vs. The Board of Education of Topeka (KS).
- Oliver Brown (American activist) - WikipediaOliver 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.
- Brown v. Board of Education ‑ Summary & Impact | HISTORYIn the case that would become most famous, a plaintiff named Oliver Brown filed a class-action suit against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, in 1951, after his daughter, Linda Brown,...
- Meet the Browns: Esther Brown And The Oliver Brown FamilyOliver Brown, 32 at the time the suit against the school district was brought, served as an assistant pastor at Topeka's black Methodist church and as a welder for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. A former teacher described Brown as "an average pupil and a good citizen."
- The life and legacy of Oliver Brown, the first listed ...A product of a poverty stricken environment and a broken home, a former boxer and welder for the Santa Fe shops in Topeka, the Rev. Brown overcame the odds that a poor Black man could not have a significant impact on his city, state and country.
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