Historical Marker
Smithfield Plantation
Historical marker location:
1000 Smithfield Plantation Rd, Blacksburg, Virginia
( Marker can be reached from Smithfield Plantation Road, 0.2 miles south of Smithfield Road, on the right when traveling south.)
Historic Smithfield Plantation.
In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, originated from a lawsuit filed by parents in Virginia.