Brown V. Board Of Education Case Study

The Brown V. Board of Education Case stood as a pivotal point in the stance of the Supreme Court and the Federal Government. Before the Brown V. Board of Education, the Supreme Court had been very much keeping the status quo, but this belief led to the subsequent formation of Jim Crow Laws. During the case one of the core foundations of segregation was challenged by civil rights groups and their success in dis assembling the foundation would lead to a complete shift in government domestic policy. Brown V. Board of Education was a decisive victory for the civil rights movement and with the support of the Federal Government they could bring forth more problems stemming from segregation. The Civil Rights Movement was a driving factor towards attaining legal equality for all, but without the helpful support of Federal Government much of the victories that the movement achieved would not have happened.

Before the Brown V. Board of Education cases such as Plessey V. Ferguson which brought forth the original idea of

One type was Sit-Ins that African Americans used to desegregate restaurants across the country. These Sit-Ins were a type of protests mainly used by students at local restaurants who usually imposed segregation at their restaurant. The greatest of all the Sit-Ins happened in Greensboro, North Carolina where four students started a sit in which lasted for more than 5 months. This Sit In attracted the attention of the entire nation and led to multiple sit ins across the country. This action that was typically led by college students and through their resolute drive for freedom they were able to lead to the desegregation of restaurants. This example of peaceful protest worked well because it did not involve violence, but rather it invoked violence from the segregationists who were in turn were chastised for their