Brown Vs. Board Of Education Case Study

There was a time in U.S. history where segregation was the norm everywhere in the country. Schools were segregated, public transportation was segregated, and even public education was segregated. The way segregation was practiced in public education was through: schools being separated by race, schools not being equally funded, and school buildings not of the same quality based on race. In 1954, a landmark case named Brown vs. The Board of Education ruled “that in public education the practice of separate but equal” has no place in public education. The result of this case was to end segregation in public schools. Even with this order most places were hesitant to follow the ruling or did not follow the ruling at all. In 1954, the Supreme Court issued another order which stated practicing the order must be done with “deliberate speed”. This brings me to a city in Mississippi where the court case ruling did not affect the segregation of public schools appropriately. …show more content…
The case was filed because people living in the town felt segregation was still being practiced in the school system. Even though the case was filed at least forty years ago, the effects of the case are still being worked out now. There have been numerous proposed solutions to solve the issue of segregation in the district, but none of them have been accepted. There are still proposed plans going back and forth between the district and the courts. From the information I read regarding some of the solutions, it still seems like segregation is still behind the scenes in some of the options or the beliefs or practices of some of the residents are still promoting