Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Congressional Gold Medal

The 1954 Supreme Court case known as Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) actually included five cases from five different states, but all the cases related to the issue of ending racial segregation in public schools.

Awarded on the 50th anniversary of the court’s ruling, this medal honors the contributions of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson “to the Nation as pioneers in the effort to desegregate public schools that led directly to the landmark desegregation case of Brown et al. v. the Board of Education of Topeka et al.”