Plessy Vs. The Board Of Education

On May 17, 1954, The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that separating school students based on their skin color was unconstitutional. The brown case served as a start to the civil rights movement. It inspired people of color everywhere to reform against the educational system, and other segregated industries. Since the case closed it took until 1980 to get every state and school district to comply, they would often try to use the “separate but equal” clause. This case was most definitely a landmark for the African American race. The case first went to the U.S. district court, but the court ruled in favor of the school board. The plaintiffs then appealed to the U.S. supreme court.The plaintiffs in Brown asserted that this system of racial separation, “while masquerading as providing separate but equal treatment of both white and black Americans, instead perpetuated inferior accommodations, services, and treatment for black Americans.” The Board of education used the result of the Plessy v. Ferguson trial in 1896 when a black man was removed from a train for sitting in the Jim Crow section. He was turned down 7-1. The majority decision of the court was decided on May 17, 1954. The trial resulted in an
This historic decision marked the end of the "separate but equal" precedent set by the Supreme Court nearly 60 years earlier and served as a starting point for the expanding civil rights movement during the decade of the 1950s. This case was important because it ended segregation in the American School system, and worked as a foundation for many more civil rights cases. The Brown v. Board of Education case is still relevant today, because people of any race, religion, or nationality can attend any public school in their district if they would like to. The case helped expose many children to different ethnic backgrounds other than their