While many Supreme Court cases challenged Jim Crow laws and segregation nationally, the cases of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and Browder v. Gayle in 1956 contested these laws particularly. Jim Crow laws, originated from Black Codes and promoted “separate but equal” segregation in the United States between 1876 and 1965. These laws came about after the Reconstruction period and led to unfair treatment in comparison to what was given to Americans of European ancestry, which led to the targeted race being discriminated against in their schooling, economic affairs, and social interactions. Some Jim Crow laws ranged from separate drinking fountains labeled “Whites Only” and “Blacks Only” to separate public transits to intermarriage being
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This simple action began an 11 month long organized bus boycott as protest to the unfair treatment of segregation on the Montgomery bus transportation. Shortly after, Browder v. Gayle in 1956 filed suit against the state referencing to this treatment and resulted in the enforcement of desegregation on buses in Montgomery because it violated the Constitution. This ruling giving equal access to blacks and whites, as well as, ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Four women, Claudette Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald and Mary Louse Smith served as plaintiffs in the suit challenging Montgomery’s segregated public bus system. Claudette Colvin, the most well-known plaintiff, refused to give up her seat to a white male, in return she was arrested and removed from the bus. Ms. Colvin was an active member of the NAACP’s Youth Council and was mentored by Rosa Parks whom encouraged her to pursue just and right treatment. Particularly, the violation in question in this infamous case was whether the 14th Amendment was violated in “privately” own transit business operating in Montgomery. The ruling favored the African American community and proved to those nationwide that segregation is on the …show more content…
Board of Education precedent was applied and taken into consideration when the Browder v. Gayle case was heard, linking both cases in their fight against segregation. Even though Brown v. Board of Education directed their efforts towards the education system, both legal cases advanced the revolution of desegregation in the United States. Individuals like Dr. Martin Luther King JR., Emmett Till, a young boy who was murder, mangled and left to be found because he spoke to white women, and women leaders like Claudette Colvin, gave their efforts to fight against the corrupt and segregated system the United States was working under. These cases not only fought for African American’s rights as individuals, but as contributors to the community. A negative social stigma was born when they were slaves and remained by their side until enough courage was formed to pursue what is lawfully and humanely theirs,
This simple action began an 11 month long organized bus boycott as protest to the unfair treatment of segregation on the Montgomery bus transportation. Shortly after, Browder v. Gayle in 1956 filed suit against the state referencing to this treatment and resulted in the enforcement of desegregation on buses in Montgomery because it violated the Constitution. This ruling giving equal access to blacks and whites, as well as, ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Four women, Claudette Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald and Mary Louse Smith served as plaintiffs in the suit challenging Montgomery’s segregated public bus system. Claudette Colvin, the most well-known plaintiff, refused to give up her seat to a white male, in return she was arrested and removed from the bus. Ms. Colvin was an active member of the NAACP’s Youth Council and was mentored by Rosa Parks whom encouraged her to pursue just and right treatment. Particularly, the violation in question in this infamous case was whether the 14th Amendment was violated in “privately” own transit business operating in Montgomery. The ruling favored the African American community and proved to those nationwide that segregation is on the …show more content…
Board of Education precedent was applied and taken into consideration when the Browder v. Gayle case was heard, linking both cases in their fight against segregation. Even though Brown v. Board of Education directed their efforts towards the education system, both legal cases advanced the revolution of desegregation in the United States. Individuals like Dr. Martin Luther King JR., Emmett Till, a young boy who was murder, mangled and left to be found because he spoke to white women, and women leaders like Claudette Colvin, gave their efforts to fight against the corrupt and segregated system the United States was working under. These cases not only fought for African American’s rights as individuals, but as contributors to the community. A negative social stigma was born when they were slaves and remained by their side until enough courage was formed to pursue what is lawfully and humanely theirs,