brown v board of educatition
Research Project MLA Rough Draft
Deric Jackson
English
Mrs. Grandbois
Monday, October 31, 2011
Deric Jackson
English
Mrs. Grandbois
Monday, October 31, 2011
Brown v Board of education Rough Draft
Education has been forever regarded as the most valuable asset for all of youth. Although, I know that even though most people would rather stay at home, and not even be bothered with going somewhere for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. Instead, they would rather stay home and do whatever they want. Those people reflect most of the percentage of the world, honestly. Although eventually, those people will be someday be thankful they attended to school. Education is the most valuable benefit, was once denied from a certain group. Imagine you are a seven year old and have to walk one mile to a bus stop by walking through a railroad switching station and then waiting for the school bus to go to a black elementary school or, attend a school that only allowed African Americans. This is what happened to Linda Brown. Soon after this incident Linda’s parents sued the School District for not letting Linda enroll because of her race. Linda father Oliver did try to enroll his daughter into the white public school, but was denied along with 13 other parents. Due to this incident, measures had to be taken to protect every ones educational right. In the 1950’s a group of intrepid activists launched a legal attack on segregation in schools. At the head of the attack was NAACP Attorney Thurgood Marshall. According to U.S Court cases, segregation of schools lasted for about sixty years. Brown v the Board of education was the turning point in race relations. In fact most of the laws of segregation were mostly imposed on black people because of their race. The Brown v Board of Education was significant, because it overturned the separated but equal doctrine established by the Plessey VS Fergerson decision. The NAACP or, the National
Deric Jackson
English
Mrs. Grandbois
Monday, October 31, 2011
Deric Jackson
English
Mrs. Grandbois
Monday, October 31, 2011
Brown v Board of education Rough Draft
Education has been forever regarded as the most valuable asset for all of youth. Although, I know that even though most people would rather stay at home, and not even be bothered with going somewhere for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. Instead, they would rather stay home and do whatever they want. Those people reflect most of the percentage of the world, honestly. Although eventually, those people will be someday be thankful they attended to school. Education is the most valuable benefit, was once denied from a certain group. Imagine you are a seven year old and have to walk one mile to a bus stop by walking through a railroad switching station and then waiting for the school bus to go to a black elementary school or, attend a school that only allowed African Americans. This is what happened to Linda Brown. Soon after this incident Linda’s parents sued the School District for not letting Linda enroll because of her race. Linda father Oliver did try to enroll his daughter into the white public school, but was denied along with 13 other parents. Due to this incident, measures had to be taken to protect every ones educational right. In the 1950’s a group of intrepid activists launched a legal attack on segregation in schools. At the head of the attack was NAACP Attorney Thurgood Marshall. According to U.S Court cases, segregation of schools lasted for about sixty years. Brown v the Board of education was the turning point in race relations. In fact most of the laws of segregation were mostly imposed on black people because of their race. The Brown v Board of Education was significant, because it overturned the separated but equal doctrine established by the Plessey VS Fergerson decision. The NAACP or, the National
Cited: 1. http://supreme.justia.com/us/347/483/case.html 2. http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html 3. http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/index.html 4. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brown-v-board/ 5. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html