2nd-Brown+vs.+Board+of+Education

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 * In 1954 Oliver L. Brown versus the Board of education of Topeka kansas
 * One of the most significant turning points in the development of our country.
 * Trial was not not just about children and their education. It was also about the human tendencies to prejudge and discriminate.
 * Discriminating nature of racial segregation violates the fourteenth amendmantwich entitiles anyone of any race equl protection of the laws.
 * This case was argued on December 9,1952.
 * It was reargued December 8, 1953.
 * Finally the case was decided May 17, 1954.
 * The case ruled in the favor of Oliver Brown.

Linda Brown
As a third-grader in Topeka, Kansas in the 1950s, Linda Brown Thompson is often credited with single-handedly bringing down segregation in America. In fact, Brown’s family was just one of thirteen African-American families recruited in Topeka by the NAACP. In 1950, the national civil rights organization was busy enlisting plaintiffs nationwide in preparation for a legal assault on the “Separate but equal” Supreme Court ruling that had permitted segregation in American schools for half a century. In the fall of 1950, the Browns and 12 Topeka families were asked by the NAACP to try and enroll their children in their neighborhood white schools, with the expectation that they would be rejected. The NAACP then filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education in Topeka. That lawsuit and others brought on behalf of plaintiffs in Virginia, South Carolina, Delaware and Washington, DC were presented together on appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. By alphabetical accident, because Brown’s name started with a ‘b’, the landmark 1954 decision that ended legalized segregation in America went down in history as “Brown v. Board of Education.” The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education was unanimous, the doctrine of “separate-but-equal” was inherently unconstitutional. Delivering the court’s opinion, Chief Justice Earl Warren asserted that “segregated schools are not equal and cannot be made equal, and hence they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.” This landmark ruling began our nation’s long journey toward school desegregation.

====Oliver L. Brown Oliver Brown was just a normal African American man wanting the best in life for his children. When trying to enroll his daughter Linda Brown into a school that was only six blocks away from their home he was turned down because the race of his child. He then decided that this was unfair, and he brought up this injustice in the district courts. Along with thirteen other parents Brown’s argument that the school arrangements went against the 14th amendment. The schools were not separate and equal. Black students were not getting the same education and opportunities that the white children were. The case was tried three times until the case was ruled in the favor of Oliver Brown and the other thirteen parents. Our personal opinion on the case I believe that the outcome of the case was very fair. Linda Brown should have been allowed to attend the school that was closest to her house, and she should have been given the same opportunities as the other children were. I'm glad the case was ruled in the favor of Brown. To learn more try this game Argument Wars ====