Desegregation and Integration: How the Brown Versus Board Trial Changed America The end of the Jim Crown era was much more than the conclusion to government-supervised racism, but the start to new lives as minorities.” The Supreme Court made it clear that America’s commitment to civil rights was firm and unshakeable” (Shwarz 84).The ruling dramatically changed the society by declaring an end to segregation in schools. Minorities, who were forced to take a subjacent role on all topics of America like voting and other unalienable rights, were now able to take their principled spots as American citizens. Even though the case did not immediately change the minds of Americans on the topics of race and equality, the ruling in the Brown versus Board of Education molded society’s views on those topics by allowing for the desegregation of minorities into White America, influencing the assiduity in the fight for civil rights, and introducing new opportunities in education to minorities. Since the decision applied strictly to schools, it was implied that it did not include other public facilities (Brown v.
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Board). Many churches and buses were still segregated. These institutes, created solely to better the lives of humans, were used as a way to separate the humans from the subhumans. The ruling broke the standard of “Separate but Equal” established by the Plessy Versus Ferguson case years before. Desegregation allowed for the minorities to achieve much more and better themselves. Minorities began much more apparent in society. A Black middle class was created. These minorities began to be seen in more “historically white” aspects of life such as being elected as leaders, voting in elections, and many more new opportunities. In a country built on the backs of black slaves, Asian workers, and Native Americans, these people were accustomed to this standard of unfairness and discrimination. As minorities became aware of how unjust society was, they had fought back that much harder for their rights. “The Brown decision's specific and clear mandate for education logically extended to desegregation in all publicly supported facilities and thus served as a catalyst for the expanding civil rights movement ” (Brown). Thurgood Marshall, a lawyer who worked alongside the NAACP, regained his thirst for civil rights after he faced rejected from a historically white Law school solely on the fact that he was black. Members of the NAACP were faced with threats and dangers but the desire for equality was much stronger than hatred. “Fighting wars have been one way to bring social, economic, and political change” (Walker). This war was between the citizens and the government set up to protect them. The Montgomery Bus Boycotts, the Greensboro Sit-Ins, and the Freedom Rides were all events that inspired by the thirst for rights inspired by the Brown trial. Due to the removal of the principle of segregated schools, minorities were given the opportunities to gain better educations. Many minority schools suffered from inadequate teachers, improper facilities, and other injustices. Brown was forced by law to walk a dangerously long route to a black school when there was a much better all-white school just a mere 7 blocks from her home. When the law suit was won, she and other minorities were allowed the possibility to earn a much better education.
Board). Many churches and buses were still segregated. These institutes, created solely to better the lives of humans, were used as a way to separate the humans from the subhumans. The ruling broke the standard of “Separate but Equal” established by the Plessy Versus Ferguson case years before. Desegregation allowed for the minorities to achieve much more and better themselves. Minorities began much more apparent in society. A Black middle class was created. These minorities began to be seen in more “historically white” aspects of life such as being elected as leaders, voting in elections, and many more new opportunities. In a country built on the backs of black slaves, Asian workers, and Native Americans, these people were accustomed to this standard of unfairness and discrimination. As minorities became aware of how unjust society was, they had fought back that much harder for their rights. “The Brown decision's specific and clear mandate for education logically extended to desegregation in all publicly supported facilities and thus served as a catalyst for the expanding civil rights movement ” (Brown). Thurgood Marshall, a lawyer who worked alongside the NAACP, regained his thirst for civil rights after he faced rejected from a historically white Law school solely on the fact that he was black. Members of the NAACP were faced with threats and dangers but the desire for equality was much stronger than hatred. “Fighting wars have been one way to bring social, economic, and political change” (Walker). This war was between the citizens and the government set up to protect them. The Montgomery Bus Boycotts, the Greensboro Sit-Ins, and the Freedom Rides were all events that inspired by the thirst for rights inspired by the Brown trial. Due to the removal of the principle of segregated schools, minorities were given the opportunities to gain better educations. Many minority schools suffered from inadequate teachers, improper facilities, and other injustices. Brown was forced by law to walk a dangerously long route to a black school when there was a much better all-white school just a mere 7 blocks from her home. When the law suit was won, she and other minorities were allowed the possibility to earn a much better education.