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This is the official Supreme Court photograph of the men who made up the court from 1962-1965, under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren. The members of the court were, from left to right, top row: Byron R. White, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Arthur J. Goldberg. Bottom row: Tom C. Clark, Hugo L. Black, Earl Warren, William O. Douglas, and John M. Harlan II. The Warren Court made several historic decisions advancing civil rights, most famously <I>Brown v. Board of Education</i>, which held that racial segregation was unconstitutional. The court also expanded the constitutional rights of people accused of committing a crime.