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Brown v. Board of Education
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Essay on Brown versus the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Case
The schools across the United States were segregated in the early 1950’s under the “separate but equal” precedent set by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. The schools which the black children attended however were not equal and were generally inferior to those attended by white children.
Linda Brown, a young black girl, had to walk a long distance to attend a black school in Topeka, Kansas. When she was denied admission to the local white school because of her race, her father went to the local office of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) for help. The NAACP brought suit against the school district in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
When the United States District Court for the District of Kansas ruled against Brown, the NAACP appealed to the United States Supreme Court for a hearing. The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas suit was combined with a number of other cases which challenged school segregation in other states. The team of NAACP lawyers which argued the case before the Supreme Court was led by Thurgood Marshall, who later became the first black appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
On May 17, 1954 the United States Supreme Court issued its decision, striking down the “separate but equal” doctrine, ruling in favor of the plaintiffs and requiring desegregation of public schools in the United States.
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