segregation had an iron grip on the south. >> we had an absolutely no intention of integrating in the south. >> for the brown family of topeka kansas, separate but equal meant their daughter could not attend her they bneighborho school. the supreme court heard the case of brown versus the board of education. like america itself, the board was bitter ly divided. >> inherently unequal. >> a new chief justice was determined to change that. warren knew a ruling in favor of brown would not be enforceable was unanimous. >> warren was a great master of trying to bring the court together. >> he argued for months. finally he got every judge to agree. the court ruled for brown 9-0.