In the South, during the 1900’s black were segregated by law, which was known as de jure segregation. In other words, white students were legally required to attend designated “white” school, while black students were legally required to attend “black” schools. States and districts passed laws and policies to require and maintain separate schools. This was true in employment, housing, public places, government and schools. Even after all the years President Lincoln abolished slavery, blacks were still considered an inferior race. In the past, blacks were considered to be capable of nothing more than manual labor. They were expected to work in the fields and construction sites where little of their intelligence was required. Some did become …show more content…
Government never donated enough money for the black to build new schools. This made many people realize how unfair the black race had been treated against the idea of superiority of white schools. They didn’t see a reason why their children should not have the best possible education along with the white kids. These children would need a better education to have a chance at a better life. On May 17 1954, the Supreme Court collectively decided that the U.S. Constitution was violated when a state compels blacks to attend racially segregated schools. This decision is formally known as BROWN V. THE TOPEKA BOARD OF EDUCATION. Linda Brown was an eight-year-old black girl from Topeka, Kansas; who attended a segregated public elementary school. She had to walk twenty-one blocks to get the bus that transported her to school. The bus usually arrived at the school early so the children had to wait outside, sometimes even in the cold, because the doors were locked. Oliver Brown, Linda’s father, saw that it would be easier for her to go to another school only five blocks away. This other school was all white and Mr. Brown wondered if the city would exclude Linda from that school because of her race, and they