Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954), was a landmark case, impacting the public school system with making segregation within the school system a violation against the law. It showed how separate but equal no longer make sense in America. Leading up to the groundbreaking court case, the country was divided by segregation. In the south, there were Jim Crow Laws and the white population trying to limit the power the African-American had within the community. While in the north there was a large migrant of American Americans looking for a better life in the larger cities. Oliver Brown, Olivia Brown Father, wanted the best for his children and pushed for Brown v Board of Education to be heard in the courts. As in any case, there
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They wanted to have access to a better life within their community. This case provided a stepping-stone to end the segregation and fueled the upcoming battle for rights for African-Americans citizens in the United States. The whole process of filling a suit was the correct way to bring the issue to attention to the American people. Mr. Brown went to the NAACP for help to bring this case to the Supreme Court in Kansas. When they lost, they filled for their case to be heard in the United States Supreme Court. They waited as the cases was debated, one of the Justice passed away and finally they had what they had wait for, the end of segregation within the school systems. The Brown family and the other, wanted change in their communities and they wanted to win the case. …show more content…
In 1953, the Supreme Court Justice there was nine white males, from different backgrounds and different home cities. Hugo Black was the only member of the Justice who came from the Deep South and he grows up within communities who supported the segregation of African Americans and whites. Black stated, “violence if [the] court holds segregation unlawful, and he warned that States would probably take evasive measures while purporting to obey,” (Klarman, 2007, p. 72). The other justices did not have the same connect Black had to the issue of desegregation the school system. However, in September 1953, Vinson died suddenly, leaving a seat open in the United States Supreme Court. Earl Warren, from California, was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower to filled the open position. In December 1953, the argument continued between the Justices on the issue of the case about segregation within the school system. Chief Justice Warren stated, “… Separate by equal doctrine rest on [the] basic premise that the Negro race is inferior. That is [the] only way to sustain Plessy… [W] E can’t set one group apart from the rest of us and say they are not entitled to [the] same treatment as all other…” (Klarman, 2007, p. 81). It was not surprising the course of the arguments changed from a divide vote, to a 9-0 vote to end segregation within the school system. However, the
They wanted to have access to a better life within their community. This case provided a stepping-stone to end the segregation and fueled the upcoming battle for rights for African-Americans citizens in the United States. The whole process of filling a suit was the correct way to bring the issue to attention to the American people. Mr. Brown went to the NAACP for help to bring this case to the Supreme Court in Kansas. When they lost, they filled for their case to be heard in the United States Supreme Court. They waited as the cases was debated, one of the Justice passed away and finally they had what they had wait for, the end of segregation within the school systems. The Brown family and the other, wanted change in their communities and they wanted to win the case. …show more content…
In 1953, the Supreme Court Justice there was nine white males, from different backgrounds and different home cities. Hugo Black was the only member of the Justice who came from the Deep South and he grows up within communities who supported the segregation of African Americans and whites. Black stated, “violence if [the] court holds segregation unlawful, and he warned that States would probably take evasive measures while purporting to obey,” (Klarman, 2007, p. 72). The other justices did not have the same connect Black had to the issue of desegregation the school system. However, in September 1953, Vinson died suddenly, leaving a seat open in the United States Supreme Court. Earl Warren, from California, was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower to filled the open position. In December 1953, the argument continued between the Justices on the issue of the case about segregation within the school system. Chief Justice Warren stated, “… Separate by equal doctrine rest on [the] basic premise that the Negro race is inferior. That is [the] only way to sustain Plessy… [W] E can’t set one group apart from the rest of us and say they are not entitled to [the] same treatment as all other…” (Klarman, 2007, p. 81). It was not surprising the course of the arguments changed from a divide vote, to a 9-0 vote to end segregation within the school system. However, the