By Vynateya Purimetla (’21) The 1954 landmark ruling of Brown v. Board of Education led the way for the passage of following influential civil rights legislation and allowed African-Americans to “look confidently to the future” (Klarman 8). Without the progress and groundwork laid by Brown, laws such as Brown II, the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1960, and the Equal … Continue reading IA Law Review: Legal Legacies (Brown v. Board of Education’s Trailblazing Effect on the Civil Rights Act of 1964)