We all know how cases like Brown vs. Board of education destroyed the "Separate but Equal" doctrine, and brought true equality to our education, but you might be surprised how much it truly changed. The Brown vs. Board of education case was certainly huge, and was a massive win in the battle for equal rights, but I argue that schools may still be segregated today, just not by law. While that may not make sense now, I feel that if you read on, this essay may change your mind. Before we look at the case itself, we need to see what things were like before the case. Before Brown vs. Board of education and similar cases, the philosophy for schools, transport, and other things that were segregated was "Separate, but equal", meaning that Segregation was fine, if everyone got equal accommodations. However, the "equal" part of that philosophy wasn't followed, and in almost every instance, Blacks got the short end of the stick, especially when it came to schools. While white schools were well funded, and had to be paid for by every race, on the other hand, schools for minorities were only paid for by that race, and were almost always not up to par. On average, schools for Minorities were funded about 30- 45% as well as schools for whites. Due to this, was nigh impossible to get a good education unless you were white, which, in turn, perpetuated the cycle of poverty, poor …show more content…
The answer, is obviously yes, cases, protests, and amendments forbid segregation of schools by law. With help from organizations like the N.C.A.A.P. The cases were a huge event in the push for Civil rights, and without them, I doubt that later activists would have any ground to stand on. Brown vs. Board of Education started a movement of either improving African American schools, or shutting them down, before moving the student to far superior schools. It was an integral, yet often overlooked part of the civil rights