Reflection Paper: Brown Vs. Board Of Education

Many of us are all familiar with the Brown vs. Board of Education case. We are all aware of many notable yet controversial highlights of history, yet, if you asked me my knowledge of social justice within my community, I could provide to you generalized details of the division of blacks and whites. Social justice should include the awareness of our community’s efforts and fight, thus I was very curious towards the social injustices that impacted our very own Lexington-Louisville Area.
With this idea in mind, it lead me to seeking out an archivist in Ekstrom Library, where they pointed me in the direction of our designated primary documents. My eyes caught interest on the Johnson-vs-University-of-Kentucky document where the University denied
Johnson and his supporters had referenced the Gaines Case, in which the Supreme Court asserted that segregation was only legal when it provided equality between the two races. With this thought, I was more curious about the Gaines Case, and why it was referenced in the fight to allow Johnson’s acceptance into the University. Thus, I went to the library’s website, under the Database tool and the EBSCO Academic link, using words such as “Gaines Case,” to help me search for a secondary source, primarily a journal
These achievements made me question the effects that these smaller incidents caused in black education and rights.
Thus it lead me to the library catalog and the ebook, “Black Revolution on Campus, ”that highlighted the movement of black college students in their protest to equal education and promotion of African-American studies and affirmative action, as well as other opportunities. Not a single college campus was spared by these black activist, as they were planted from San Francisco to Maryland, effected cities’ structure and culture, and even challenged prestigious and private schools. They wanted the inclusion of blacks, social justice, and people to recognize them with high