The Dilemma Between Brown And The Board Of Education

Segregation has changed the nation and how people have been treated hundreds of years ago. Separation of race and isolation of color was a challenge that America faced. African Americans were removed from Caucasian schools, bathrooms, parks and more. Since they were a different color than Caucasians they had to go to the “colored schools” and “colored bathrooms”. The colored protested and fought for their rights and freedom. They made signs and marched in return of equality. In addition, there were many situations where segregation took place. For example, the issue versus Brown and the Board of Education and the dilemma between Plessy and Ferguson dealt with segregation. Fortunately, segregation doesn’t exist or happen today since America
supports equality, freedom and rights. In 1892, the dilemma between Plessy and Ferguson took place.
In this action, Homer Plessy was a light-skinned African American, he sometimes passed as a Caucasian. He refused to sit in a JIm Crow car and this risk he took made him break the Louisiana law. Plessy also joined a group that was against segregation and purposely boarded a “whites only” railcar. He was trying to prove that the rail cars were equal and shouldn’t be divided by race. Unfortunately, Plessy was arrested for joining a “whites only” railcar while he was an African American. He went to court and he argued that railcars shouldn’t be separated from the colored people. Ferguson was the judge that was ruling the court when Plessy was proving his point. However, Ferguson and the Supreme Court ruled the law constitutional since the “colored” railcars were still working so they were “equal”. These laws are the 13th and 14th amendments of America. To conclude, segregation was involved in the case between Plessy and Ferguson and it started in
1892.
In 1950, the issue versus Brown and the Board of Education occurred. In this case, Brown was an African American man that fought for equality for education. Brown had a daughter named Linda and he wanted his daughter to go a school nearby. However, the school nearby was an “all-white school” and Linda was seen as an African American child since she was colored. In result of this school being an “all-white school”, Brown’s daughter had to go to a “colored school” which was far away from their home. The determined father took this situation to the Supreme court and filed a report. He also sued the Department of Education of Topeka since his daughter had to go to a farther school because of her race. Brown also said that when it comes to education, “separate but equal” doesn’t exist, which was totally accurate. Brown got a lawyer to be on his side and the Caucasians kept denying the case, so he had to keep going to court to fight for equality of education. After long weeks and months of fighting, fortunately, Oliver Brown won and his daughter went to the “all-white school” which was close by their home. This issue started the act of school desegregation in 1950 and luckily, these types of problems don’t happen today. In my opinion, I think the cases were fair and unfair.
The Plessy and Ferguson issue wasn’t fair since he didn’t get what he wanted and they used the law against Plessy so he could not get equality for colored people to ride the “whites-only” railcar. The Brown and Department of Education situation was fair by Linda, Brown’s daughter being able to go to a “whites-only” school but it was unfair when they didn’t allow her to go to the school in the beginning. The first case started the act of education desegregation and the second case helped the end segregation. In addition, the Plessy was also unfair since he was arrested for boarding a white railcar when he was a African American. My opinions on these two cases is that they were fair and
unfair. Luckily, segregation doesn’t exist today which is phenomenal. The acts, protests, marches, problems that has happened has put an end to segregation. Cases like Plessy versus Ferguson and Brown versus the Department of Education has made a big difference and change in the world. Today, many people with different races, cultures and color can board airplanes, trains, and buses without being discriminated. Also, we have laws that is focused on the elimination of segregation and the division of race. If people disobey or ignore the laws, they would be arrested for their actions. We aren’t judge by who we are today which is amazing. As you can see, segregation does not exist today and people are treated equally.