No Brown v Board

What if there had been no Brown v Board decision by the US Supreme Court, so segregation and 'separate but equal' remained constitutional? I'm not sure how the case could be avoided or changed, so I'll leave that part up to you. Would the civil rights movement still manage to end Jim Crow or would it not be able to for at least a while more than IOTL without the spark of that landmark decision? How would politics be effected? What would happen to the US without Brown? What if?
 
I remember when I first learnt about Brown in school, I thought it was the spark that started the civil rights movement.So Brown caused Montgomery which caused Birmigham etc etc. While that's doubtful now as there were lots of other factors, what if there had been no Brown? Would it have significantly delayed or stopped civil rights?
 
How to change: FDR assassinated in 1933, President Garner remains in office long enough to appoint an explicitly pro-Plessy majority. A more muddled Brown maybe with Vinson, but no more than that with OTL SCOTUS.

If the decision is very forceful, than Dixiecrats will demand Northerners accept defeat. GOP may adopt a Northern Strategy. Some pragmatic Dixiecrats like Byrnes might try implementing "equal" in "separate but equal." Russell will want to be a gracious winner, saying it's settled and let's move on.
 
Amy way the PoD could be after WWII to avoid too many butterflies? I think Brown started off civil rights so maybe civil rights would be seriously delayed. The Civil Rights Sct of 1984? Or none at all?
 
No, because neither Truman nor any plausible GOP replacement will appoint pro-Plessy justices.

FDR picks Byrnes? That would stall civil rights at least a bit. Truman appointed 2 justices in his first term and 2 in his second. Even if Byrnes is not re-elected (which is most likely) he'd still harm civil rights. Probably not enough to prevent Brown though.
 
That leaves the balance 6-3 (if we include Reed). Plus Byrnes was willing to implement "equal" as governor postwar IOTL.
 
That leaves the balance 6-3 (if we include Reed). Plus Byrnes was willing to implement "equal" as governor postwar IOTL.

Yes. Truman also took the lead in advancing civil rights so it could become more of a mainstream cause. Maybe the civil rights movement would be weaker and there would be not so much focus on that issue. There's the off-chance Brown could be butterflied or delayed. Though most likely Brown would still happen. Still, there could be butterflies from a Byrnes presidency.

Probably WWII would need to be avoided and a Garner presidency instead of FDR. Though is there any chance that the fundamentals in place during the 1950s could still exist but the case be avoided or rejected?
 
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