The two cases of "Belton" and "Davis" challenged the "Plessy" doctrine on its original merit they wanted equalization of their school facilities, transportation, curricula, and teacher qualifications. Many historians believe it was the plaintiffs' collective pursuit of school equalization that brought "Brown" before the Supreme Court "others" believe that it was their different interpretations of "separate but equal" that gave them strength. 537, 1896) all five cases overlapped in the court system(s) from 1949 to 1951. 497, 1954) all five cases challenged the doctrine of "separate but equal" established by "Plessy v. 483, 1954) of Kansas, and the companion case from the District of Columbia, "Bolling v. County School Board of Prince Edward County" (347 U.S. Five cases became the class action suit of "Brown v. 483, 1954) that raised essential questions, including whether separate but "equal" facilities in education can be provided for black students in the United States or whether the consideration of such societal construct violates, among other things, the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In the fall of 1953, the Supreme Court of the United States received the case of "Brown v.
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