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Phase Two - Retrenchment and Redirection - 1950

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) attorneys Thurgood Marshall and A.T. Walden file a desegregation lawsuit against the Atlanta Board of Education. They argue that inequality between black and white public schools violates the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The suit is unsuccessful.