Supreme Court Cases: Brown V. Board Of Education

“Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also women and Latinos; and Asians and Native Americans; and gay Americans and Americans with a disability. They swung open for you, and they swung open for me..." —Barack Obama (Vi-An Nguyen). Court cases were held and taken all the way to Supreme Court, over time they began to make a huge impact and they led up to the movement that eventually dispose of judgement and racism. Three of many highly influential court cases helped America be more united and increasingly civil by giving everyone equal access to all services, letting men and women of any race to get married, and bringing kids together
Ferguson case, in 1954, the Brown v. Board of education case popped up. Finally, Supreme Court came to the verdict that it was unconstitutional to have kids separated in schools due to race. The court "unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment."(Landmark Cases). This case overruled Plessy v. Ferguson and after they mixed the kids, some were growing onto the idea that everyone is equal and kids would learn not to cast so much judgement. Considering this was a completely new concept and they had no preexisting experience with interracial schools, it was a rough start and not everyone got along. Slowly but surely, they were learning to accept one
Virginia (1967) the court came to a verdict and decided that it was a "violation of the Fourteenth Amendment" (Newbeck & Wolf) to prohibit interracial marriage. This cases impact was huge, now anyone could marry whomever they wanted; though, that didn't stop people from thinking it was wrong. It did, however, make everyone realize how everyone was, and still is, flourishing and growing away from the idea of complete segregation. With interracial marriage being allowed, mixed kids would be born and new generations of completely mixed up races could start to form: this guaranteed a more open, accepting generation. Equality stems from Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, and Loving v. Virginia: their impact was tremendous enough to spark a whole movement. After the cases' influence spread through America, ignorance about race and equality was diminishing. The freedom to be wherever one wants, to be with whomever one wants and to talk to whomever one wants is due to these influential cases. "The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcom X (Brainy