Throughout history people have looked down on others because of their appearance or their race. In America up until the 1950 's the problem of prejudice was manifested through segregation. The Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. Board of Education impacted society by officially desegregating public education, making racism illegal, and setting a precedent of equality within the legal system.
Brown v. Board of Education is told to be one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century (Mcbride 1). The case was named after Rev. Oliver Brown pastor of St. Mark AME Church in Topeka, Kansas and he was also lead plaintiff of this case(Curry 7). Topeka 's local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People …show more content…
The law in place at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education court case was the law that was brought into play after the Plessy v. Ferguson case where it was said segregated public facilities were constitutional so long as black and white facilities were equal (McBride 1). Topeka 's racial segregation violated the Constitution 's Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. That that time, people knew black and white schools were not equal and could not be equal ,but no one believed they needed to be or could even be made equal (McBride 1). The federal court felt sympathetic for the plaintiff and agreed with him in saying that it 's not in the students best interest to be segregated (Aaseng 40). It was in the students best interest to be put into the same schools ,because they could all get equal education and if all the students got an equal education all people would have equal chances in …show more content…
But Brown continued to fight, arguing that the black schools were not as good as the white schools therefore, the black students were being denied the "equal protection of the law" guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. The court repealed the decision and ruled that the very institution of segregated schools is a violation of black students ' rights to equal protection (Aaseng 40). With those claims stated to the Supreme Court the court had a lot of decisions to make from how the court would have this case go and how they would take action against segregation in the school systems so that every child felt safe and were entitled to a quality education. Three main options were given to decide within the court. Option one was to uphold the lower court 's ruling in favor of the Topeka Board of Education 's right to separate the school district facilities. Option two was to uphold the separate but equal principle of Plessy v. Ferguson but tighten the requirements of what was considered to be more equal. The third and final option is to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson completely and order all school districts to integrate immediately (Aaseng
Brown v. Board of Education is told to be one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century (Mcbride 1). The case was named after Rev. Oliver Brown pastor of St. Mark AME Church in Topeka, Kansas and he was also lead plaintiff of this case(Curry 7). Topeka 's local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People …show more content…
The law in place at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education court case was the law that was brought into play after the Plessy v. Ferguson case where it was said segregated public facilities were constitutional so long as black and white facilities were equal (McBride 1). Topeka 's racial segregation violated the Constitution 's Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. That that time, people knew black and white schools were not equal and could not be equal ,but no one believed they needed to be or could even be made equal (McBride 1). The federal court felt sympathetic for the plaintiff and agreed with him in saying that it 's not in the students best interest to be segregated (Aaseng 40). It was in the students best interest to be put into the same schools ,because they could all get equal education and if all the students got an equal education all people would have equal chances in …show more content…
But Brown continued to fight, arguing that the black schools were not as good as the white schools therefore, the black students were being denied the "equal protection of the law" guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. The court repealed the decision and ruled that the very institution of segregated schools is a violation of black students ' rights to equal protection (Aaseng 40). With those claims stated to the Supreme Court the court had a lot of decisions to make from how the court would have this case go and how they would take action against segregation in the school systems so that every child felt safe and were entitled to a quality education. Three main options were given to decide within the court. Option one was to uphold the lower court 's ruling in favor of the Topeka Board of Education 's right to separate the school district facilities. Option two was to uphold the separate but equal principle of Plessy v. Ferguson but tighten the requirements of what was considered to be more equal. The third and final option is to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson completely and order all school districts to integrate immediately (Aaseng