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    The Brown vs. Board of Education case took place in the 1950s and developed from several court cases involving school segregation‚ which all started with one black 3rd grader named Linda Brown wanting to go to an all white school. In the case the U.S. Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional to create separate schools for children on the basis of race. The case ranked as one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century‚ which helped launch the modern civil rights movement

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    BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION As we all know our educational system and the way we all go to school today isn’t the same way it was 50+ years ago. Both white and blacks didn’t go to the same schools. Blacks weren’t even allowed to use the same bathroom because the color of their skin. Regardless of their skin color should all children have the same rights and shouldn’t they be able to attend the same schools? This was the main question before the United States Supreme Court in 1954. In Topeka

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    Although many people felt that these laws were unjust‚ it was not until the 1890s that they were directly challenged in court. In 1892‚ Homer Plessy‚ an African American‚ was jailed for sitting in a “white” car on a train (History of Brown v. Board of Education. n.d.). Plessy contended that this was unconstitutional and was one of the first persons to bring the issue of racial segregation to the Supreme Court. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ Justice Henry Billings Brown‚ writing the majority opinion

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    Brown v. Board of Education The case of brown v. board of education was one of the biggest turning points for African Americans to becoming accepted into white society at the time. Brown vs. Board of education to this day remains one of‚ if not the most important cases that African Americans have brought to the surface for the better of the United States. Brown v. Board of Education was not simply about children and education (Silent Covenants pg 11); it was about being equal in a society that

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    Brown v. Board of Education Back in the 1950’s ‚ the saying for schools was “separate but equal”. All over the south most of the public schools did not allow colored students to attend their white schools. Alot of the colored students felt as if they were getting a more poor education compared to all the other white students. This law was challenged by thirteen parents who all attempted to enroll their kids into white public schools. Down the road a lawsuit came about that was filed against the

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    The case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education was actually the name given to five separate cases that were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the issue of segregation in public schools. These cases were Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka‚ Briggs v. Elliot‚ Davis v. Board of Education of Prince Edward County (VA.)‚ Boiling v. Sharpe‚ and Gebhart v. Ethel. While the facts of each case are different‚ the main issue in each was the constitutionality of state-sponsored segregation

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    Kirisitina Maui’a HIS 303 Brown vs. Board of Education Mr. Mohammad Khatibloo November 1‚ 2010 Brown v. Board of Education “To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone” by Chief Justice Earl Warren‚ Majority Opinion. Imagine you are a seven year old and have to walk one mile to a bus stop by walking through

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    Brown vs. Board of Education The case of Brown vs. Board of Education‚ was one of the biggest turning points for African Americans to becoming accepted into the white society at the time. Brown vs board of education is one of the most important cases that african americans has brought upon the united states for the better. The case Brown vs. Board of Education wasn’t just about the children and the education; it was about being equal in a society that says african and americans are treated

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    Elizabeth McclendonCivics 5th PeriodHill9/6/12 Brown V. Board of Education Brown V. Board of Education‚ 347 U.S. 483 (1954)‚ was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. In 1950‚ 17 states and the District of Columbia still had laws that required segregated schools. At this time‚ the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was working to end

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    "’The Supreme Court decision [on Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka‚ Kansas] is the greatest victory for the Negro people since the Emancipation Proclamation‚’ Harlem’s Amsterdam News exclaimed. ‘It will alleviate troubles in many other fields.’ The Chicago Defender added‚ ‘this means the beginning of the end of the dual society in American life and the system…of segregation which supports it.’" Oliver Brown‚ father of Linda Brown decided that his third grade daughter should not have to

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