Cases and Laws
Equal Inclusion Case Law
AED/204
July 26, 2013
Vicki Kugel-Brandt
Equal Inclusion Case Law In the earlier days women and African Americans had no rights to school, work or any other type of socialization. They were brought into slavery, housewives and had no rights as an individual. This included people with disabilities (even those with MMR classification) because they were, “viewed as nonproductive and expandable.” (Gollnick & Chinn, pg. 181, 2013) The rights we have today as women, African Americans, and those disabled are because of results that came about from case laws. The case laws to help these individuals obtain their rights started in 1896 with the Brown vs Board of Education (Gollnick & Chinn, 2013) case. This case was much, like the Plessy v. Ferguson case, which was upheld by the Louisiana Separate Car Act. According to Gollnick & Chinn (2013), “African Americans had separate but equal transportation facilities and had to have separate transportation, public facilities, schools, restaurants and so on.” These parts of discrimination were formed before any rights to women, children and African Americans were involved and made it even harder for each of these individuals to have a normal life. According to Gollnick & Chinn (2013), “The Brown vs. Board of Education came about in 1950, when Topeka student Linda Brown, had to ride the bus to school.” The problem was that even though Linda was only four blocks away from her school, she was not allowed to go to that specific school because she was African American. Brown stated that, according to the U.S. Constitution, all U.S. citizens have the right to life, liberty and property. In this case, Brown proved to the U.S. Supreme Court that education was a property right and Linda Brown (along with other African Americans) were denied that right, therefore, violating the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. After this ruling was in favor of Brown and
AED/204
July 26, 2013
Vicki Kugel-Brandt
Equal Inclusion Case Law In the earlier days women and African Americans had no rights to school, work or any other type of socialization. They were brought into slavery, housewives and had no rights as an individual. This included people with disabilities (even those with MMR classification) because they were, “viewed as nonproductive and expandable.” (Gollnick & Chinn, pg. 181, 2013) The rights we have today as women, African Americans, and those disabled are because of results that came about from case laws. The case laws to help these individuals obtain their rights started in 1896 with the Brown vs Board of Education (Gollnick & Chinn, 2013) case. This case was much, like the Plessy v. Ferguson case, which was upheld by the Louisiana Separate Car Act. According to Gollnick & Chinn (2013), “African Americans had separate but equal transportation facilities and had to have separate transportation, public facilities, schools, restaurants and so on.” These parts of discrimination were formed before any rights to women, children and African Americans were involved and made it even harder for each of these individuals to have a normal life. According to Gollnick & Chinn (2013), “The Brown vs. Board of Education came about in 1950, when Topeka student Linda Brown, had to ride the bus to school.” The problem was that even though Linda was only four blocks away from her school, she was not allowed to go to that specific school because she was African American. Brown stated that, according to the U.S. Constitution, all U.S. citizens have the right to life, liberty and property. In this case, Brown proved to the U.S. Supreme Court that education was a property right and Linda Brown (along with other African Americans) were denied that right, therefore, violating the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. After this ruling was in favor of Brown and