Research Paper On Brown Vs Board Of Education

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Brown vs. Board of Education Brown vs. Board of Education is one of the most famous and historic Supreme Court cases. This case was about the constitutionality of state-sponsored segregation in public schools. Many schools in the southern region were causing many violations in the constitution. The most common was that separate school systems for blacks and whites which was inherently unequal. which violated the “equal protection clause” of the fourteenth amendment. This case basically decided how public schools run today. The Brown vs. Board of Education case had many crimes that were in it but the original crime was that many schools in the southern region were saying that “separate but equal” is constitutional. “Brown itself was not a …show more content…

The schools in Kansas, South Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, and the district of Columbia all believed in the phrase of “separate but equal”. Oliver Brown wanted segregation to end in all of the United States. “Thurgood Marshall was stating that the segregation in the public schools was violating the “equal protection clause” in the fourteenth amendment” (History of Brown vs. Board of Education, 2010). Many people were following this movement because many colored people were not being treated equally. Colored children were being put on the side of the classroom which had old terrible desks and they also had separate water …show more content…

The court stated that the schools were violating the fourteenth amendment. They also reversed the decision of the Plessy vs Ferguson case. The Plessy vs. Ferguson case was about the court saying that “separate but equal” is constitutional. “Basically the Court notice that racial segregation was inherently unequal in schools” (Wikipedia: Brown v. Board of Education, 2014). The courts decision was unanimous with the votes of (9-0) in 1954. Schools were alerted immediately about desegregation, they had to do it with all deliberate speed. Brown and Brown II were responsible for getting this process underway. Basically the result ended up with what we have in schools today. There is no segregation in public schools no matter what the child’s color is. This result changed our lives in a very meaningful way. Kids don’t have to worry about sitting or talking to other ethnicities. It actually even made people around the world connect more and get to know each other. This case changed lives of many children who have thought they are not good enough because of their color or