In the United States, there are few problems like racial issues, which have aroused so many debates. Even today, the prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory actions directed by many of the white majority toward African-Americans are not yet ironed out. In order to protect and improve those African-Americans' rights, the courts have made many decisions. These judicial decisions have great influence on racial policy, and they are also highly argued subjects. Courts have become the leading institutions in the legitimation of public policy about racial issues. Courts' influence on public policy is an important topic in the study of public policy but it is easily neglected. This paper intends to study and analyze how the courts, in particular the Supreme Court, influenced and formed the government policy about racial equality and affirmative action in the United States from both the viewpoints of law and policy.