Essay On Brown V Board Of Education 1954

Brown v. Board of Education - 1954 In 1951, Oliver Brown filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education of Topeka. This was the start of the Brown v. Board of education case. His daughter, Linda Brown, had been denied the right to go to school at an all-white school in the district. He believed that this denial went against the fourteenth amendment and its equal protection. During this time, the Separate but Equal clause was upheld which allowed for segregation. The case made its way to the supreme court in 1952 along with a few other cases related to racial segregation. In 1954, the decision was made that to remove the Separate but Equal doctrine as it created an unequal field for students. The impact of this case continues to show today

Des Moines was all about how much freedom of speech students were allowed to have on a school campus. In 1965, a group of students decided to show their protest of the Vietnam War that was happening at this time. They did this by wearing black bands on their arms to school. The school in Des Moines found out and changed its rules so that any students wearing these bands would be suspended if they refused to remove them. The student then sued the school stating that it was an infringement on their right of expression. In 1969, the supreme court ruled in the students’ favor, stating that a student’s right to free speech does not disappear when on a school campus. As long as it causes no disruptions at school, students keep their right to free speech. This affects schools in a couple of ways. A student is allowed to exercise their right to free speech on any topic they would like. A school only has the right to put a stop to a student’s free speech when there is evidence that it is affecting school procedures and student learning. (Oyez,

These students were of Chinese ancestry and could not speak English. Due to the regulations of the district, all classes were taught in English. The district only helped about a thousand students with lessons to help them learn English. Lau and other students chose to file a case against the district. They all spoke up saying that the lack of help from the district to learn English goes against the fourteenth amendment and the Civil Rights Act. The case of Lau v, Nichols reached eventually reached the supreme court where a decision was made that the district was not providing the same access to all students in education and that they must provide the instructions needed to learn English. The decision led to the need and requirement of bilingual instruction in schools so that those who did not speak English would be able to gain the English language skills needed to learn. This has played a major impact on how we teach today as we must include English language instruction to those who qualify as English language learners. (Spitzer,