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Which encouraged the NAACP to become involved with Reverend Oliver Brown’s lawsuit against a board of education in Kansas?
the Supreme Court’s decision in McLaurin v. Oklahoma
the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
the election of Senator Harry Byrd to the US Senate
the Southern Manifesto against desegregation

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the Supreme Court’s decision in McLaurin v. Oklahoma

The 1950 McLaurin (and related Sweatt v. Painter) ruling showed the Court was willing to limit "separate but equal," giving the NAACP legal momentum and confidence to take on Brown v. Board of Education.