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Plaintiffs & Attorneys from Brown Cases

View a list of plaintiffs and attorneys in each of the Brown cases below.

Belton v. Gebhart (Bulah v. Gebhart) - Delaware State Court, Wilmington

Plaintiffs

Ethel Belton
Sarah Bulah
Geraldine Crumpler
Barbara Byrd Henry
Charles Hill
Lois May Johnson
Mary Johnson
Willie Spencer Robinson

Community Activist

Littleton P. Mitchell

 

Attorneys

Thurgood Marshall, Chief Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund (LDF)
Louis L. Redding, DE NAACP
Jack Greenberg, NAACP/LDF

 

Judge

Collin Jacques Seitz

Oliver L. Brown et al v. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas - U.S. District Court, Topeka, Kansas

Plaintiffs

Oliver Leon Brown
Mrs. Darlene Brown
Mrs. Lena M. Carper
Mrs. Sadie Emmanuel
Mrs. Marguerite Emmerson
Mrs. Shirla Fleming
Mrs. Andrew (Zelma) Henderson
Mrs. Shirley Hodison
Mrs. Richard (Maude) Lawton
Mrs. Alma Lewis
Mrs. Iona Richardson
Mrs. Vivian Scales
Mrs. Lucinda Todd

 

Community Activist(s)

McKinley Burnett, NAACP, Topeka
Daniel Sawyer, NAACP, Topeka
Lucinda Todd, NAACP, Topeka

 

Attorneys

Thurgood Marshall, Chief Counsel, NAACP/LDF
Robert Carter, NAACP/LDF
Jack Greenberg, NAACP/LDF
Charles Bledsoe, KS NAACP
Charles Scott, KS NAACP
John Scott, KS NAACP

Bolling v. Sharpe - U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C.

Plaintiffs

Mrs. Sarah Bolling
Spottswood Thomas Bolling
Wanamaker Von Bolling
William Briscoe
Sarah Louise Briscoe
James C. Jennings
Adrienne Jennings
Barbara Jennings
Consolidated Parent Group, Inc.

 

Community Activist

Gardner Bishop

 

Attorneys

Thurgood Marshall, Chief Counsel, NAACP/LDF
George E.C. Hayes, NAACP/LDF
Charles H. Houston, independently
James M. Nabrit, Jr., independently

 

Judge

Walter M. Bastian

Briggs et al v. Elliott et al. - U.S. District Court, Eastern Division, Charleston, SC

Plaintiffs
James Bennett
Onetha Bennett
Harry Briggs
Robert Georgia
Annie Gibson
Gilbert H. Henry
Susan Lawson
Frederick Oliver
Mary Oliver
Mose Oliver
Bennie Parson
Edward Ragin
Hazel Ragin
William Ragin
Lee Richardson
Lucrisher Richardson
Rebecca Richburg
Henry Scott
William Stukes
Gabriel Tindal

 

Community Activist(s)

Rev. J. A. De Laine
Rev. Edward Frazier
Rev. J. W. Seals
Rev. E. E. Richburg
Levi Pearson
Hammett Pearson
Jessie Pearson
Reverdy Wells (Student-President of the Class of 1949)

 

Attorneys

Thurgood Marshall, Chief Counsel, NAACP/LDF
Robert L. Carter, NAACP/LDF
Harold R. Boulware, SC NAACP
Spottswood W. Robinson III, VA NAACP
Arthur Shores, AL NAACP
A.T. Walden, GA NAACP

 

Judge

Hon. J. Waites Waring

Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County - U.S. District Court, Richmond, Virginia

Plaintiffs

Hal Edward Allen (father)
Hal Verner Allen (son)
Margaret G. Allen (grandmother)
James Henry C. Allen (grandson)
Margaret G. Allen (mother)
Herman Alexander Allen (son)
Florence Gertrude Allen (daughter)
Thomas H. Allen (father)
Herman Wesley Allen (son)
Thelma Leola Allen (daughter)
Ellen Banks (guardian)
John Banks, Jr. (guardee)
Frankie Louise Berkeley
Eddie Bigger (father)
Virginia Bigger (daughter)
Katie H. Bigger
Leonard R. Bland (father)
Floyd M. Bland (son)
Reginald W. Bland (son)
Clara S. Booker (mother)
Blanche A. Booker (daughter)
Ronald O.F. Booker (son)
Joseph E. Booker (father)
Loretta Booker (daughter)
Carrie Brown
James Brown (father)
Phillip J. Brown (son)
Nelson Carey (father)
Mary Lizzie Carey (daughter)
Anna Bell Carey (daughter)
John Davis
Rosa Bell Davis
Isaiah Dennis (father)
Adline Dennis (daughter)
Charlie Dupuy (father)
Pauline Dupuy (daughter)
Susie Earley (mother)
Bertha E. Earley (daughter)
Helen Virginia Epps (mother)
Alma D. Epps (daughter)
Helen M. Epps (daughter)
Agnes Farrar (guardian)
Walker Camp Farrar (guardee)
Alice Fowlkes (guardian)
Alexander Fowlkes (guardee)
Leroy McCormick (guardee)
Amanda Goode
Frances Goode (mother)
Willie L. Goode (son)
Katherine Goode (daughter)
Dolly M. Goode (daughter)
Harry S. Hall
Thomas Hall (guardian)
Mary E. Couch (guardee)
Elsie Hargwood (mother)
Junita Hargwood (daughter)
Virginia Harris (mother)
Ethel D. Harris (daughter)
C.W. Hicks (father)
Deloris Hicks (daughter)
Marjorie Hicks (daughter)
Inez O. Hicks
Sarah Elizabeth Hicks (mother)
Leigh Edward Hicks (son)
Mosley Jefferson (father)
Dorothy Alice Jefferson (daughter)
Carrie Irene Jefferson (daughter)
Robert Johns (father)
Barbara Rose Johns (daughter)
Joan Marie Johns (daughter)
Kate Johnson (mother)
Burnell Johnson, Jr. (son)
Jasper W. Jones (father)
Peter Jasper Jones (son)
John Paul Jones (son)
Nannie Lee (mother)
George Lee (son)
Sopophonie Miller (mother)
Mattie Jean Miller (daughter)
Herman Monroe (father)
John Monroe (son)
Harry Monroe (son)
Richard Monroe (son)
Emma H. Morton
Mary Moton
Viola W. Neal (mother)
Catherine Neal (daughter)
Lee Emmett Neal (son)
Alma Randle (mother)
Rosetta E. Randle (daughter)
Ethel L. Randle (daughter)
Martin R. Randle (son)
Silas Redd (father)
Gladys E. Redd (daughter)
Charlie Redd (son)
Nellie J. Richardson (mother)
Jeanel E. Richardson (daughter)
Anita Louise Richardson (daughter)
Pinkie Rowlette (guardian)
Reginald Rowlette (guardee)
Alice Goins (guardee)
Rowland D. Saunders (father)
Vernethia C. Saunders (daughter)
Henry Scott (father)
Henry Scott, Jr. (son)
Otis Scott (father)
John Henry Scott (son)
Walter Wallace Scott (son)
Thomas H. Scott
P.H. Shepperson (father)
Lester Shepperson (son)
Florine Shepperson (daughter)
Willie Lee Shepperson (son)
Louise Sims (mother)
Helen L. Sims (daughter)
Rebecca A. Sims (daughter)
Sallie Spencer (mother)
Mary L. Spencer (daughter)
James Spencer (son)
Alice M. Stokes (mother)
John Arthur Stokes (son)
Carrie Stokes (daughter)
Jannie Streat (mother)
Mary E. Streat (daughter)
Pattie Taylor (mother)
Dorothy L. Taylor (daughter)
W. Howard Thompson (father)
Frances Thompson (daughter)
Rachel J. Thomson (daughter)
John Townsend (father)
Mildred Junita Townsend (daughter)
Arlene Shirley Townsend (daughter)
Mary Trent (mother)
Barbara Reese Trent (daughter)
Rose Marie Trent (daughter)
Mattie Vaughan (mother)
Calvin A. Vaughan (son)
Maude E. Walker (mother)
John Junius Walker (son)
Maude Estelle Walker (daughter)
Theophilus Walker (father)
Edward Leon Walker (son)
Mabel Gertrude Walker (daughter)
John L. Watkins (father)
Stella Watkins (daughter)
John Watson, Sr. (father)
John Watson, Jr. (son)
Eva Werkler (mother)
Rosa M. Werkler (daughter)
Myrtle V. West (mother)
Metteaner S. West (son)
W.C. West (father)
Barbara Jean West (daughter)
Olivia Wiley (mother)
Ettal L. Wiley (daughter)
Frank Williams (father)
Bessie Williams (daughter)
Mildred Williams (daughter)
Louise Willis
Amelia Womack (mother)
Clarence W. Womack (son)
Aubrey D. Womack (son)
Bert S. Womack (father)
Elizabeth Womack (daughter)
Leslie Woolridge

 

Community Activist(s)

Barbara Rose Johns
Rev. Francis Griffin
Edwilda Allen Isaac
Claude Cobbs
Joan Johns Cobbs
J. Samuel Williams, Jr.

Attorneys

Thurgood Marshall, Chief Counsel, NAACP/LDF
Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, VA NAACP
Spottswood Robinson III, Richmond, VA NAACP
Robert L. Carter, NAACP/LDF

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