Brown v. Board of Ed ‧ u ‧ ca ‧ tion of To ‧ pe ‧ ka /ˌbraʊn vɜːsəs ˌbɔːd əv edjʊˌkeɪʃ ə n əv təˈpiːkə $ -vɜːrsəs ˌbɔːrd əv edʒə-/ BrE AmE ( also ˌBrown vs ˈBoard, ˈBrown decision )
a US legal case which resulted in a famous decision by the US Supreme Court in 1954. It was decided that African-American students should be allowed to attend the same schools and universities as white students, and this officially ended ↑ segregation in the US education system. Following this, some children were taken by bus to different schools in order to mix African-American and white students. ⇨ ↑ busing , ↑ Plessey v. Ferguson , ↑ segregation