Briefing On The Brown Vs. Board Of Education Case

To start my briefing on the Brown vs Board of Education case of 1952. I want to start by summarizing the relevant facts of this case. The relevant facts of this case are that the case originated in Topeka, Kansas. At this time Topeka, Kansas had a segregated school system set in place. The whole reason this case was started was because of a child named Linda Brown. Linda Brown had to walk almost a mile to a colored school when there was a white school only four blocks down the street. Oliver Brown, along with thirteen other parents, filed a lawsuit to challenge the “separate but equal” in the school system. In the case, they mentioned the difference in school resources such as the materials given and sizes of schools. The plaintiffs were helped by the NAACP defense team and

Because of that, basically the case got lost within the states, but later on the NCCAP wanted to change that. So following the rulings of the district courts, the NAACP and other groups appealed these cases. The issues behind this whole case. That racial segregation within public schools was unequal and deprived African American students of an equal education and different opportunities. So the NAACP is challenging the U.S. Supreme Court whether or not “separate but equal” is constitutional or not. And how it went against African American children's 14th amendment rights. The holding in the Brown vs Board of Education case was that they ruled in the favor of the plaintiffs. Stating that “separate but equal” is in fact not equal. On May 17, 1954 it was stated that schools could now be integrated. The lawyers argued that there shouldn't be segregation unless proven that black kids were different from white kids. This case ended in a favor of 9 vs. 0 leaving the plaintiff victorious. On May 17, 1954 it was stated that schools could now be integrated. The reasoning used by the Supreme Court to help explain their decision in this case