When blacks first set foot in America they were bonded and sold as slaves. After the Civil War and the reconstruction era many black slaves gained freedom and certain rights. Because they were still considered lower class education for blacks was not a right. Their social status prevented them from attending an all-white school in their community. There was a man named Oliver Brown who was a minister who challenged “Kansas’s school segregation laws” in court. Every day his daughter was forced to walk 21 blocks just to get to the nearest all-black school, even though the nearest all-white school was only 5 blocks away. In 1954, Oliver Brown filed against the Topeka, Kansas school board for racial segregation in Kansas’s white schools. This leads to the case of Brown v. Board of Education.
During the 1950’s blacks …show more content…
B.O.E. was created when Oliver Browns daughter was unable to attend an all-white school. Blacks and whites couldn’t attend the same schools since the law of “segregated but equal” was put in place. If it weren’t for this law other cases just like Brown v. BOE wouldn’t have been created. People like Mr. Brown around the nation also didn’t like how schools were segregated; this case also had people from 5 different states that wanted the exact same thing to happen for them and their families! Most people only wanted to see their children go to an all-white school or a mixed school, where both kinds of students could attend. It wasn’t fair for colored people to need to walk miles just to go to school. And, in rare situations where colored people were able to attend all-white schools, faculty, and other students treated them as if they were worthless; colored people and students could be smarter than the white students but, they would get lower pay and or a lower grade than the white students. Thanks to the NAACP group, this case was able to be resolved and colored people were able to go to similar schools or places just like white
During the 1950’s blacks …show more content…
B.O.E. was created when Oliver Browns daughter was unable to attend an all-white school. Blacks and whites couldn’t attend the same schools since the law of “segregated but equal” was put in place. If it weren’t for this law other cases just like Brown v. BOE wouldn’t have been created. People like Mr. Brown around the nation also didn’t like how schools were segregated; this case also had people from 5 different states that wanted the exact same thing to happen for them and their families! Most people only wanted to see their children go to an all-white school or a mixed school, where both kinds of students could attend. It wasn’t fair for colored people to need to walk miles just to go to school. And, in rare situations where colored people were able to attend all-white schools, faculty, and other students treated them as if they were worthless; colored people and students could be smarter than the white students but, they would get lower pay and or a lower grade than the white students. Thanks to the NAACP group, this case was able to be resolved and colored people were able to go to similar schools or places just like white