Which Supreme Court ruling caused schools to start integrating in the 1950s? a)Plessy v. Ferguson
b)Brown v. Board of Education
c)Dred Scott v. Sandford
d)Gideon v. Wainwright
The Supreme Court ruling caused schools to start integrating in the 1950s would be "a) Plessy v. Ferguson," although it was more that it upheld existing segregation.
Brown was going to law school, because of the "separate but equal" policy, they either had to integrate schools everywhere, or build a law school for African Americans.