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Spring 1951 was the year in which great turmoil was felt amongst Black students in reference to Virginia state's educational system.

At the time in Prince Edward County, Moton High School was segregated and students had decided to take matters into their own hands to fight against two things: the overpopulated school premises and the unsuitable conditions in their school.

This particular behavior coming from Black people in the South was most likely unexpected and inappropriate as White people had expectations for Blacks to act in a subordinate manner.

Moreover, some local leaders of the NAACP had tried to persuade the students to back down from their protest against the Jim Crow laws of school segregation.

When the students did not accept the NAACP's demands, the NAACP automatically joined them in their battle against school segregation.

This became one of the five cases that made up what is known today as Brown v. Board of Education.