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Imagine being a newly freed slave. Now imagine being free, but having little to no rights. After the Civil War ended in 1865, there were many new slaves that were often discriminated against due to their race. To ensure quality for the new citizens, three amendments were added to the constitution to ensure they were treated fairly. They are often refered to as the “Civil War amendments”. The fourteenth amendment was one of those amendments. Passed in 1868 following the Civil War, the amendment…

Nicholas Tovar Mrs. Holt Legal Systems 02 October 2017 Unit 1 Essay: Plessy v. Ferguson & Brown v. Board of Education The landmark power known as judicial review has had many lasting effects on laws known as precedents, from permitting the separation of two races to requiring that all defendants receive attorneys. Precedents regard racial segregation are the basis of what the cases…

In 1951, Linda Brown was denied to an all white school because of the color of her skin. The African American elementary school bus was six blocks away and she would have to walk through a railroad switchyard to get to it. After her overcrowded bus ride was over, she would walk one mile to reach her school. While the white elementary school was less than seven blocks away. Her father was enraged and went to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for help. Linda’s…

114). African and Hispanic have struggle almost half a century to try to desegregation schools. Many different groups such as “NAACP” demanded for equality of education in the school system. The U.S Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka shined a like on segregation. The year 1954, mark a change; Brown vs. BOE of…

girls to have stroll crosswise over rail street switch-yards and mile's and mile's through town to get to their school (Sarat, 1997). Folks like Linda Brown realized this wasn't correct and expected to change the School board framework worked. In Topeka Kansas, a little African American third grade girl needed to walk exceptionally far to get to her school. Her dad knew things ought to change and went to court with numerous other black folks about the way the U.S District court was segregated.…

and blacks were free and the people from the south stole their rights and the blacks that fought were jailed, injured, or killed. Before the 14th Amendment was passed there was uprisers of slavery. Like Thurgood marshall and Mr. Brown fought the topeka school board because they wouldn’t let his daughter go to a school not because of IQ but of the color of her skin. The fight got all the way to the supreme court and it wasn’t just about being equal in props and and physical things but in the…

The Brown v Board of Education case was one of the most important, landmark cases presented to the US Supreme Court in 1954. The decision would answer the question of whether the segregation of children in public schools based on their race, deprives them of their rights stated in the 14th Amendment? In 1954, 17 southern and border states (including the District of Columbia), required by law for their schools to be segregated. 4 more states (Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico and Wyoming) allowed for…

the past fifty something odd years, and to say the least I was blown away by my findings. My discussions mainly centered on the economy through the 1960’s which was in the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. Two weekends ago I made a trip home to Topeka to speak with my Grandmother, Nina Whitten (73 years old) about what she remembered about the economy back during that time period. This particular topic was a fascinating one to talk about for the both of us. Her first memory was about the jobs…

Interest groups are in charge of sending some people to represent the special interest at the governmental level. Some times the government represent the interest groups more than the people of the United States. Alice Rivlin, economist and former U.S. Federal Reserve and budget official, states “politicians pay more attention to interest groups than to the public interest (Rivlin). Interest groups take part in influencing policy this act is called lobbying. There are many different kind of…

Board of Education. Topeka, Kansas in the 1950s segregation was horrendous. Buses, trains and schools were still segregated even after the 14 amendment was ratified. In 1954 there was a court case called “Brown Vs. Board of Education”. Each day, Linda Brown and her sister…