Schools in America's southern states were segregated in the late 19th century following the passing of laws directed against blacks, these laws were known as the Jim crow laws.
Segregation meant that Black students were sent to different schools than white students. This was unfair because although the schools were meant to be ‘equal’ the black schools received less public funding than white schools, therefore they did not receive the same standard of facilities, For example the white schools would get more modern toilets and better textbooks, standard of education or learning materials.
Segregation in schools is an injustice because it violates the American Constitutions Thirteenth Amendment(1865), Fourteenth Amendment (1868) and Fifteenth …show more content…
the aim of this association was to stand up for colored rights, fight for integration and stand up against discrimination. Beginning in the 1930s the NAACP began fighting the Jim Crow laws in the supreme court by striking at where the laws where the weakest - the field of education. The most notable of these cases is the Brown vs the Board of Education (1954 - 1955). This was not 1 but 5 separate cases tackling segregation within the education sector. On May 14, 1954, whilst delivering his verdict, Chief Justice Warren delivered the opinion of the Court, stating that "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This meant that segregation was illegal and must be stopped. The judge didn't say how it was to be stopped, instead leaving it up to individual states to work out. Olivia Brown and 12 other negro parents brought a case in the US District Court against the Topeka Board of Education which provided separate schools for Negroes and whites. At first, The Negro parents were unsuccessful. The judges in the District court decided the present law in kansas should remain. Linda Brown would still have to make her long journey to the all - Negro
Segregation meant that Black students were sent to different schools than white students. This was unfair because although the schools were meant to be ‘equal’ the black schools received less public funding than white schools, therefore they did not receive the same standard of facilities, For example the white schools would get more modern toilets and better textbooks, standard of education or learning materials.
Segregation in schools is an injustice because it violates the American Constitutions Thirteenth Amendment(1865), Fourteenth Amendment (1868) and Fifteenth …show more content…
the aim of this association was to stand up for colored rights, fight for integration and stand up against discrimination. Beginning in the 1930s the NAACP began fighting the Jim Crow laws in the supreme court by striking at where the laws where the weakest - the field of education. The most notable of these cases is the Brown vs the Board of Education (1954 - 1955). This was not 1 but 5 separate cases tackling segregation within the education sector. On May 14, 1954, whilst delivering his verdict, Chief Justice Warren delivered the opinion of the Court, stating that "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This meant that segregation was illegal and must be stopped. The judge didn't say how it was to be stopped, instead leaving it up to individual states to work out. Olivia Brown and 12 other negro parents brought a case in the US District Court against the Topeka Board of Education which provided separate schools for Negroes and whites. At first, The Negro parents were unsuccessful. The judges in the District court decided the present law in kansas should remain. Linda Brown would still have to make her long journey to the all - Negro