Brown V. Board Of Education Case Study

Children of diverse races were isolated from each other; nevertheless,"to separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone."(Chief Justice Earl Warren in Brown v. Board of Education, 1954). The court cases of segregation were arising at an immense rate, so the Supreme Court decided to hear a case known as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas from December 9, 1952 through May 17, 1954. This case came soon after the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which represented the terrible racism within the United States. Plessy v. Ferguson arose when African

People of color and whites were segregated everywhere, pools and other luxury places were kept for only the whites and not for the people of color. People of color were not happy being segregated because the colored facilities were not equal to the white facilities. After the two year long Brown v. Board of Education case, integration of public facilities was starting for once and for all to create more equal facilities. African American students were at a disadvantage within public education, however the Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka Kansas court case helped to begin the process of integrating American schools. African Americans did not like being segregated from white people. African Americans and whites were supposed to be separate but still equal even though African Americans were not treated equally. The colored facilities were typically dirtier or not updated like the white facilities were. Jim Crow laws were strict laws that legalized segregation of races. If a person of color violated the laws they were put in jail and or fined. “The Negroes of Richmond, Virginia, have successfully used one of the most powerful anti-jim crow antiseptics on the streetcar company operating in that city, which

Ferguson ruled “separate but equal”, people started to complain about facilities not actually being equal, in particular schools, which led to Brown v. Board of Education which was a landmark Court Case. African Americans have always been considered inferior to whites, but for children it was very different because this discrimination affected their ability and likelihood of gaining an education. The case of Brown v. Board of Education did not come until later after the fact that many people realized African Americans were getting nothing but leftovers. Many children were not getting the education they needed because,” Just before Brown [v. Board of Education], only about one in seven African-Americans, compared with more than one in three whites, held a high school degree” (“Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1)." Oyez, 21). As continued this topic of not being treated right was only one step in fixing what was happening in communities. Due to one's tint of skin they were treated different, and it was not a good different because every African American school was given the Whites Hand-me-downs, or worse, nothing at all. That caused loss of education because they could not care for oneselfs education purposes. “As shown, Educational expectations are lower for black children, [...]. Black parents, most of whom are less educated than their white counterparts, don’t expect their children to attain as much education as white parents expect. Lower