Q. did the brown v.s. the board of education take place in 1954?

The ruling was made on May 17th 1954. On the Eisenhower Presidential Library's website, you can see historic documents of the case.  

We have a number of resources at the library for more information including books and articles on our online databases, like Literati.

Here is a list of books that we have on Brown v Board of Education, available for checkout.