Thurgood Marshall, as the chief counsel for the NAACP, played a crucial role in ending legal segregation through his work on landmark cases, most notably Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. The Supreme Court's unanimous decision in this case declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, effectively overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson. This ruling was pivotal in dismantling legal segregation across the United States, laying the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement. Warren's leadership as Chief Justice was instrumental in guiding the Court toward this historic decision.
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