Who was the Defendant in the Brown v Board of Education case and what did he want?

The defendant in the Brown v. Board of Education case was the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The Board sought to uphold the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools, arguing that separate educational facilities were permissible under the "separate but equal" doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson. The case ultimately challenged this doctrine, leading to the landmark ruling that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.