LAD #37

Summary of Brown v. Board of Education

Back in 1954, segregation and discrimination towards African Americans was a very prevalent issue. Whites and Blacks were rarely ever mixed, and if they were, something had to have been the matter. Linda Brown, a young black girl, and her father by the name of Oliver Brown, asked the NAACP to assist them in Linda's enrollment into a nearby elementary school. This may not have seemed to be an issue in today's standards, but this elementary school was a white school, and that meant that no blacks could attend. The line that described the social norm of having "separate but equal" schools was crossed in a very dramatic way. Most, if not all parents of black children, along with the NAACP, eagerly joined Brown in an attempt to get rid of segregation in public schools in Topeka, Kansas. During court sessions, the NAACP reiterated the issue that separate schools were not receiving equal treatment, and that it was unjust to give white schools such a large advantage over black schools. Due to the decision of the court case, "Plessy v. Ferguson", this was overturned, so the NAACP appealed to the Supreme Court. This was a good decision, for they eventually ruled in favor of Linda, which meant all public schools were made to desegregate, effective immediately.

This is a picture of Harriet Tubman, because with the underground railroad, she too was an abolitionist fighting for equal rights between whites and blacks.