Research Paper On Brown V Board Of Education

The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas was a staple Supreme Court case that occured in 1954, when segregation was at its peak. The judges unanimously ruled that segregation in public schooling systems was unconstitutional. This case was a huge turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, and it started several equality campaign. I believe that the Brown v. Board of Education case helped gain more freedoms for African Americans. I believe that this case helped African Americans gain more freedoms for several reasons. The first being, that it outlawed segregation in public schools. African Americans could now get the same education as their white counterparts. Another reason is, that “segregation had a detrimental effect on children” (Podcast). Segregation was affecting children’s esteem, and they finally realized that it was not okay. Another reason is, that while the case
did not directly end segregation by itself, it drove several events in the Civil Rights Movement. The Little Rock Nine, a group of nine kids that were sent to integrate a public school in Arkansas, was one of the most famous cases of integration in schooling. The Freedom Riders fought to end public transportation segregation. By getting rid of the “separate but equal” way of thinking, it made people want to challenge the system.

President Eisenhower believed that this decision set us back.
He explained “you may also be talking about social integration. Feelings are deep on this… We cant demand perfection in these moral things… who tries to tell me that you can do these things by force is just plain nuts” (Eisenhower). He believed that this should be an important battle to fight, but it should not be forced. By forcing integration, he believed, that we would get nowhere. I believe that by forcing integration it forced everyone really see how deep the hatred was for people of different races and horrible it was. Before this case, the legal law was that things were allowed to be segregated, but they had to be equal. Things were, in fact, not equal and people wanted to see change. The NAACP began to try and challenge these laws and one of the most infamous cases in America was born. After this case, public schools were forced to integrate, which was the entire point of this case. They wanted integration, but it was obviously going to come at a slow rate because of the hatred imbedded into the minds of
Americans. The Brown v. Board of Education case helped kick start a plethora of civil equality movements. After this case African Americans recieved many new freedoms that were not available to them in the past.