In Morgan vs,Virginia (1946), the Supreme Court declared that segregation on interstate buses was an unfair burden on the interstate commerce. Thurgood Marshall also successfully argued in the case of Brown vs. Education, that regulations forcing a black student to sit, eat, and study in areas apart from white students created a "badge of inferiority." By 1951, Marshall had begun coordinating the NAACP's legal resources for a direct attack on the separate-but-equal doctrine. .
Another major person who contributed a great role was Martin Luther,King, and Jr. Born 1929 in Atlanta, he was brought up in a middle-class family. King graduated from prestigious Morehouse College, an all-black school, where he earned a divinity degree at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in theology from Boston University. Martin Luther used his passion and intelligence to help transform a community's pain into a powerful moral force to change. .
In early 1957, King brought together nearly 100 black ministers to find the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLS). The SCLS was called upon black people "to understand that nonviolence is not a symbol of weakness or cowardice, but as Jesus demonstrated, nonviolent resistance transforms weakness into strength and breeds courage in the face of danger." The SCLC gained support among black ministers, and Martin Luther started to spread his message in public speeches and writings. Martin Luther King and the SCLC also shared a strong goal of passing a strong voting rights law that would provide southern people with direct federal protection of their right to vote.
The NAACP( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,) has played a great tole in the civil rights. The NAACP, conducted voter registration drives and lobbied against discrimination in housing and employment. The NAACP's legal work demonstrated the potential for using federal courts in attacking segregation.