Brown V Board Of Education Case Study

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Everlasting Effects

3/22/2012

Ismael Guerrero

Ismael Guerrero
Mr. Amoroso
U.S. History
03/12/13
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas The case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas was the winning case that leads to the desegregation of public schools all across America. Brown v. Board of Education solved six cases from four different states; South Carolina, Virginia, Kansas, and Delaware, all pleading for the desegregation of schools.(Leon) The case solved the issue of segregation in schools, forever changing the mindsets of children across America. The case of Brown V. Board has an everlasting affect on public schools all across America,
The two girls had to walk a long distance through a railroad switchyard, just to get to their black school. Mr. Brown’s daughters were not allowed into their nearby school because they were African American and that school was for the white race. Mr. Brown decided to take this to the court going against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, in 1951. (Clayborne) Not the first of the desegregation cases, but the case that solved it all. Mr. Brown decided to partner with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in order to broaden his chances of winning, with the help of George E. C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit Jr., Mr. Brown could reach his goal of desegregating schools. Mr. Brown dedicated his time to find the right lawyers, and soon his team of lawyers from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People took the case to court and had a long struggle that was worth the wait. After getting to the district courts and wining favor of the court the case moved to the U.S. Supreme Court. Chief Justice Fred Vinson did not reach a conclusion and decided to keep the “separate but equal” decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, from
Clark’s experiment displayed negative results in the way African American children perceive themselves, especially in the eyes of society and not just only for African American children but also the white children. The children were degraded to the point where they believed truly that whites were superior; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s goal was not only to desegregate schools but to change the views of African American children across America. The southern side of the U.S. frequently protested the integration of schools, claiming it was against the Bible and that they would not allow it because it went against their morals and beliefs. During the time of slavery in America slave owners taught their slaves that it was a divine law to be segregated and that it was supposed to be that way, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wanted to derive that thought from the entire African American race. The Christians in the south used pieces of scripture to keep the African Americans out of their churches and out of their schools saying that they have the right to segregate. Protests against integration usually turned violent because of the way the southerners saw segregation. African American children across America