Brown V. Board Of Education Case Study

The federal system divides the political powers and the different responsibilities between the national and state levels of government. The development of the government structure, by the founders, has greatly impacted the United States. The founders divided the government into three separate branches: the executive, the judicial, and the legislative branch. The executive branch is administered by the President of the United States; he carries out the laws the legislative branch creates. The judicial branch is controlled by the Supreme Court and they decide what the law means, according to the constitution. Lastly, the legislative branch creates laws for the President to carry out. As you can see each branch serves their own purpose, which

Board of Education (1954) took place in Topeka, Kansas. This case was composed of five different cases. Each case was developed for different circumstances, but they all had all centered around one topic, segregation in the school system. Within court a major point in regards to “separate but equal” was raised, when discussing how schools for black and white children were going against the fourteenth amendment, which granted equality for all races. To gain more knowledge of the matter the court referred back to the Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896). Unfortunately, a complete decision was not agreed on, so a retrial was scheduled in December. This is when a complete decision was decided upon; segregation in schools were unconstitutional and should be reversed immediately. Therefore, Chief Justice Warren stated, “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently equal….” (History- Brown v. Board of Education Re-enactment) Through the decision based off of Brown v. Board of Education a spark arose in the American civil rights movement. “The Court’s unanimous decision overturned provisions of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which had allowed for ‘separate but equal’ public facilities, including public schools in the United States. Declaring that ‘separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,’ the Brown v. Board decision helped break the back of state-sponsored segregation” (“Brown v. Board of Education). However, this decision did not go into immediate effect. Schools were to submit a plan of action on how they were going to desegregate the school. The central question that stood behind both cases goes back to the saying “separate but equal” because this saying was not being upheld. The fourteenth amendment did not stop at equality for all races, it continued on to help establish other