Brown v Board of Education
Taylor Buchanan
Professor Heeney
Florida Gulf Coast University
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Table of Contents
Cover Page……………………………………………………………….………….Page 1
Introduction…………………………………….……………...…………………….Page 3
Background on Segregation……………………………………………………….Page 3-4
Linda Brown and the Brown Family……………...………………………...……….Page 4
Supreme Court Lawsuit.………….………………………………………………Page 4-5
Result…………………………………………………………………………….…..Page 5
Conclusion…………….…………………………………………………………..Page 5-6
References…………………..……………………………………………………….Page 7
Introduction
The movie titled Brown v Board of Education was a short movie describing how one family helped start a movement to stop segregation in schools. Linda Brown was enrolled in a Negro school one mile from her house when a white school was less than seven blocks away. Her father, reverend Oliver Brown tried to enroll her in …show more content…
Even after slavery was abolished back in 1865, blacks were not given the same opportunities that whites were given. Blacks could not read or write due to their lack of education. In 1849, the very first documented school segregation case titled Roberts vs. City of Boston, the courts had denied Benjamin Roberts and other African American parents the right to enroll their children in certain Boston public schools (Brown Henderson, 1992). Then in 1896, the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme court ruled that “separate” but “equal” facilities be provided for African Americans, this included transportation, restrooms and dining facilities for African Americans. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1908 and helped move toward more equal educational opportunity (Brown Henderson, 1992). The NAACP’s main goal was to provide strategy and legal knowledge to be used in courts to obtain full constitutional rights for African
Taylor Buchanan
Professor Heeney
Florida Gulf Coast University
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Table of Contents
Cover Page……………………………………………………………….………….Page 1
Introduction…………………………………….……………...…………………….Page 3
Background on Segregation……………………………………………………….Page 3-4
Linda Brown and the Brown Family……………...………………………...……….Page 4
Supreme Court Lawsuit.………….………………………………………………Page 4-5
Result…………………………………………………………………………….…..Page 5
Conclusion…………….…………………………………………………………..Page 5-6
References…………………..……………………………………………………….Page 7
Introduction
The movie titled Brown v Board of Education was a short movie describing how one family helped start a movement to stop segregation in schools. Linda Brown was enrolled in a Negro school one mile from her house when a white school was less than seven blocks away. Her father, reverend Oliver Brown tried to enroll her in …show more content…
Even after slavery was abolished back in 1865, blacks were not given the same opportunities that whites were given. Blacks could not read or write due to their lack of education. In 1849, the very first documented school segregation case titled Roberts vs. City of Boston, the courts had denied Benjamin Roberts and other African American parents the right to enroll their children in certain Boston public schools (Brown Henderson, 1992). Then in 1896, the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme court ruled that “separate” but “equal” facilities be provided for African Americans, this included transportation, restrooms and dining facilities for African Americans. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1908 and helped move toward more equal educational opportunity (Brown Henderson, 1992). The NAACP’s main goal was to provide strategy and legal knowledge to be used in courts to obtain full constitutional rights for African