Brown V. Board Of Education During The 1950's

Brown v. Board of Education During the 1950’s, aspects of slavery and discrimination were still prevalent in the United States, even after the 13th amendment was passed in 1865, which abolished slavery. African Americans were separated from the whites and forced into worse facilities under the justification of “separate, but equal.” This is the time period and world that Linda Brown, an eight year old African American girl, had to endure. The United States had old policies and old rules that were still in place and it was only a matter of time until someone took a stand.

In 1950, Linda Brown walked from her house to the nearest elementary school just to further her education. Linda was met with white protesters saying she was not allowed

White and black men could not eat together, use the same restroom, learn in the same school, sit together on the bus or even drink from the same water fountain, but they were supposedly equal. In the beginning, the Supreme Court heard five separate cases, all relating to segregation in the school systems of America. All these cases, however, were combined and labeled Brown v. Board of Education. Oliver Brown, father of Linda Brown and plaintiff, took his case to the court looking for justice for what his daughter was put through over an old, racist mindset. At first however, a three-judge panel in the U.S. District Court that heard the case, ruled in favor of the school board, saying that separate schools for white children and African American children presented “no willful, intentional or substantial discrimination” and was not in violation of the 14th Amendment. Oliver Brown and the plaintiffs then had no choice but to appeal to the U.S. Supreme

He was an African American man who had lived through segregation his whole life. It took two whole years for the ruling to come out. Chief Justice Earl Warren, along with his justices, ruled that segregation in the school system is a direct violation to the 14th amendment and was deemed unconstitutional. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling on May 17, 1954 in favor of the plaintiffs. This was then end of legal segregation in the United States. This is also a great landmark for African Americans and people all around the country. However, the whites rebelled by taking their children out of public schools and sending them to private schools. They also used violence in an effort to prevent the African Americans from enforcing their rights that they worked so hard to obtain.

It was after the Brown decision that another historical development occurred with Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was sitting in the front seat of a bus when a white man asked her to move to the back of the bus. She refused and was arrested. The Brown case as well as the Rosa Parks incident caused a revolution with African Americans fighting for their equal rights. Not long after these incidents, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I have a dream” speech at the Washington Memorial. It was the Brown case that set off the many historical events that changed the nation for the