Brown v. The Board of Education Long ago, the United States didn’t have many public schools but when there was a public school, it was most likely segregated by race. Segregation was believed to be the only way to avoid racial disputes, discrimination in schools, and fights. Times has changed today due to the outcome of the Supreme Court case, Brown v The Board of Education. This case was one of the most important and influential cases that contributed to the suspension of segregated schools in America. However, in this case the majority sided for segregation not against it. Despite the majority rule being for segregation, the Court played a major role in protecting the individual rights against the tyranny of the majority rule. In the year 1877, Jim Crow laws required segregation in public school, these laws were adopted in most southern states and in some northern states. A few years later, the court case, Plessy v. Ferguson was brought into court. The …show more content…
The majority opinion of the case decided that “To separate [students] 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 to ever be undone” (Document I). The court considered the impact of these unjust laws on the children, which most other people simply didn’t understand. The court pushed for equal rights of every individual during this case settlement. The court came to a unanimous conclusion stating “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal” (Document I). The case ruled it unconstitutional to separate students by race and that segregation in an educational environment would be more detrimental than