Brown v Board of Education(1954)
The Brown v Board of Education case was a historical case in African American history. It made were schools could no longer be segregated and blacks would attend schools that they couldn’t before. It also made it so they couldn’t treated or punished differently. The case was between a school in Topeka, Kansas and 20 black parents. That case made easier for blacks to get educations they needed.
That case was a major victory for blacks and their fight for civil rights. It meant they were one step closer to being equal and having the same rights as whites. It was great for blacks but ignited rage in some white racist. Who felt that blacks should not be in the same school as their children. In the South they fought to stop the law that stopped segregation in schools. They said it was trying to change their southern way of life and that it was unconstitutional. …show more content…
Even tho the teachers had to treat the kids the same. Some white kids were racist like there parents. The outcome was that blacks got made fun of and called bad names. Sometimes there was even the occasional fight. The case made it where all blacks no matter where they came from they could get somewhat of an education.
The case was between Topeka, Kansas and 20 African American parents. Oliver Brown was one of the parents in the case. He joined the other parents because, his daughter, a third grader, had to walk six blocks to her school bus stop to ride to Monroe Elementary. When Sumner Elementary, an all white school, was only seven blocks from her house. This made him upset that his daughter couldn’t go to the school that was closer just because of the color of her