Brown v. Board of Education
Before, During, and After
Rich in history, the case Brown v. Board of Education began a change in the direction of education for students and families. This made it possible to see the promise of educating all students equally. Brown not only changed the course of education, but also served as a vessel to begin closing the social gap between races. This paper 's intent is to bring understanding of the history prior to, during, and after Brown v. Board of Education and it 's continuous positive impact on education . Our founding fathers built a foundation for society on the Declaration of Independence. The impact of the fourteenth amendment is richly observed along the road to Brown and directly addresses …show more content…
Brown overturned the Plessy decision and set the stage for change in segregated public areas as well. African Americans were ignited by seeing the legal support for more equality. Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in many of these cases. He was a Civil Rights attorney that had extensive history himself with racism and segregation. Marshall experienced victory in Brown v. Board. The outcome of Brown v. Board was the beginning of a long road to change in many areas of equality. And although we are not quite there yet, this case was a catalyst. It created hope for equality in education and in society. The fourteenth amendment states that no state shall abridge the rights of ANY citizen. This amendment limits the power of states to restrict an individual 's rights. No state has the right to make or enforce a law which abridges the privileges or immunities of United States citizens. (White, 2014) This means that a state may not curtail the privileges of an individual citizen, any citizen. As well, no state could take away any person 's right of life, liberty, or property without giving them equal protection from the law. (White, 2014) The fourteenth amendment written by our founding fathers was used as a way to address equality of all United States citizens regardless of race and to provide legal protection of individuals from being excluded from rights without proper legal …show more content…
Board segregation was a sad truth in America. Somehow the fourteenth amendment was skirted around in ways that allowed laws that upheld segregation as long as it was equal yet separate. This was explained in the Plessy v. Furgeson case as noted above. Segregation was alive in other areas of society aside of rail cars. Other public areas were segregated as well. Often times blacks were treated differently than whites in areas around our country, especially in the South. Laws were passed by state legislatures that led to legally mandating segregation of the races as far as public areas such as parks, public transportation, and the same schools. Laws that stated what race you could marry were also part of these laws that were known as Jim Crow laws. (Klarman, 2004) Segregation prior to Brown v. Board meant that ALL children were not offered the same quality of education. Even though there were teachers who cared about student 's education, they did not have equal funding to provide the quality of white schools. Funds and resources were unequally allocated between black and white schools. Which made segregation in schools legally vulnerable according to the standard of “separate but equal” (Stakeman and Stakeman, 20012). Segregation was contrary to law
Before, During, and After
Rich in history, the case Brown v. Board of Education began a change in the direction of education for students and families. This made it possible to see the promise of educating all students equally. Brown not only changed the course of education, but also served as a vessel to begin closing the social gap between races. This paper 's intent is to bring understanding of the history prior to, during, and after Brown v. Board of Education and it 's continuous positive impact on education . Our founding fathers built a foundation for society on the Declaration of Independence. The impact of the fourteenth amendment is richly observed along the road to Brown and directly addresses …show more content…
Brown overturned the Plessy decision and set the stage for change in segregated public areas as well. African Americans were ignited by seeing the legal support for more equality. Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in many of these cases. He was a Civil Rights attorney that had extensive history himself with racism and segregation. Marshall experienced victory in Brown v. Board. The outcome of Brown v. Board was the beginning of a long road to change in many areas of equality. And although we are not quite there yet, this case was a catalyst. It created hope for equality in education and in society. The fourteenth amendment states that no state shall abridge the rights of ANY citizen. This amendment limits the power of states to restrict an individual 's rights. No state has the right to make or enforce a law which abridges the privileges or immunities of United States citizens. (White, 2014) This means that a state may not curtail the privileges of an individual citizen, any citizen. As well, no state could take away any person 's right of life, liberty, or property without giving them equal protection from the law. (White, 2014) The fourteenth amendment written by our founding fathers was used as a way to address equality of all United States citizens regardless of race and to provide legal protection of individuals from being excluded from rights without proper legal …show more content…
Board segregation was a sad truth in America. Somehow the fourteenth amendment was skirted around in ways that allowed laws that upheld segregation as long as it was equal yet separate. This was explained in the Plessy v. Furgeson case as noted above. Segregation was alive in other areas of society aside of rail cars. Other public areas were segregated as well. Often times blacks were treated differently than whites in areas around our country, especially in the South. Laws were passed by state legislatures that led to legally mandating segregation of the races as far as public areas such as parks, public transportation, and the same schools. Laws that stated what race you could marry were also part of these laws that were known as Jim Crow laws. (Klarman, 2004) Segregation prior to Brown v. Board meant that ALL children were not offered the same quality of education. Even though there were teachers who cared about student 's education, they did not have equal funding to provide the quality of white schools. Funds and resources were unequally allocated between black and white schools. Which made segregation in schools legally vulnerable according to the standard of “separate but equal” (Stakeman and Stakeman, 20012). Segregation was contrary to law