What happened in the Brown v. Board of Education?

 

The Brown v. Board of Education trial Began in 1951 with the help of other African American parents and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The trial started because of a young eight year old girl named Linda Brown. Linda lived seven blocks away from an all white school called Sumner. She couldn't go there because she was an African American. Instead she had to walk 1 mile through a dangerous railroad yard, and take a public bus, just to get to school. Linda's dad Oliver Brown finally stood up for his daughter and tried to apply her to the Sumner School. The school denied her acceptance simply because of her race. The U.S. District court for the District of Kansas heard about the Brown's problem from June 25th, 1951 to June 26th, 1951. An expert witness, Dr. Hugh W. Speer said, "If the colored children are denied the experience in school of associating with white children, who represent 90 percent of our national society in which these colored children must live, then the colored child's curriculum is being greatly curtailed. The Topeka curriculum or any school curriculum cannot be equal under segregation." The continued on until May 17, 1954 when the court made a unanimous decision. Chief Justice Earl Warren read, "We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does...We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment." Because of this, the Supreme Court did away with 'separate but equal' , which was introduced in the Plessy v. Ferguson trial. The Brown v. Board of Education trial desegregated public schools, but left other convinences like restaraunts and restrooms untouched.

 

 

 

 

 

Who were the main people in the trial of Brown v. Board of Education?

Linda Brown was one person who was involved in the case. Linda was a third grader in 1951. To get to her all black school Monroe Elementary School, she had to walk with her sister through a dangerous railroad switchyard, cross a busy street, and ride a bus 20 blocks to get there. She had to continue this procedure while she lived within blocks of the all white school Sumner Elementary School.

 

 

Oliver Brown was Linda's Father. He was 32 when he enrolled Linda into an all white school. When they denied 12 other parents and he filed a suit for 20 African American children to an all white school. Their were 13 families involved in the suit, and he managed to become plantiff because he was the only man. Some people thought it was decided by alphabetically, but if that were true then Darlene Brown would have become plantiff. Oliver died in 1961, ten years ofter the filed suit, and seven years after the decision. He died before he could see the impact he made on the educational system.

 

Earl Warren was the Supreme Court Justice for the Brown's case. He was the one who read the unanimous decision to the court. The decision he read made history.

 

 

 

Why did they have the case?

They had the case to stop segregation in schools. Separated schools aren't equal. The Brown's and all the other parents wanted to prove that.

 

 

 

When did the case happen?

The case started in 1951 and ended until 1954.

 

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    The Confederate Battle Flag shows heritage but it also represents racism towards African Americans. It also shows rebellion. This is because in the Civil War, the Confederates (who rebelled against the Union) used that flag. The reason the South rebeled is to keep slavery, and then that flag was made to represent those who fought for slavery. Slavery is now over, but if states have the Confederate Flag on their state flag then that could affend Northerners. When the southern states show the Confederate flag on their flag it shows racisim, separation, and hate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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