Brown Vs Education

Segregation plays an enormous role in the history of America. During the nineteen fifties white American children had access to neighborhood schools, whereas black children had to travel several miles outside of their neighborhoods to go to school. In some instances, black children were ten minutes away from a nearby all white school, but had to travel an hour by car to go to an all-black school. This was happening before Brown v. Education was taken into effect, now known as a landmark in the education history of the United States. Until then, equal education for African American communities was in dire need of improvement compared to the education that white American children were receiving.
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Painter. Heman Sweatt was an African American student who applied to the University of Texas law school. He was admitted, and received his acceptance letter in the mail. When Sweatt went for his interview with the University of Texas, he was then revoked of his admission to the University because of the color of his skin, even though his grades and requirements were equal to if not higher, than that of someone who were white and applied to law school at the University of Texas. He then partnered with the NAACP, to sue the university of Texas for failure on “separate but equal” accommodations. The supreme court reviewed his lawsuit, and went in Sweatt’s favor. However, this was just one lawsuit of the many that were being sent to the supreme court in regards to discrimination and inequality. Naming these lawsuits under one name, Brown, would prevent them from being labeled as just another lawsuit. By doing so, it would help everyone involved from all over the country facing the same issues. During this time, the children of these African American families, continued to attend legally segregated schools outside of their own neighborhoods, but continued to demand that their own children receive the equal education that they rightfully deserved. This was a step forward in demonstrating the need of improvement in black …show more content…
The plaintiffs were very well aware of the personal risks that were being involved, if they were going to be a part of the case. Segregation in the South was a big thing, and white Americans were going to do whatever it takes to maintain it that way. Its retribution was most extreme in the state of Little Rock, Arkansas where protestors demonstrated their disagreement by going as far as barricading the entrance of the school. This school was an all-white school known as the Little Rock central high school, to which nine black children chose to attend in order to graduate on time, rather than waiting a year for a new school built for black students. During this time President Dwight Eisenhower, was very supportive of civil rights, but was more interested in a second election. The only social evidence of harm from school segregation that was found, had to do with the psychological studies of black children who presented low self-esteem due to segregated