LAD #34

Brown vs. Board of Education

In the article Brown vs. Board of Education, a young third grade girl was required to walk to her segregated school which was a mile away rather than attend a white school which was only a few blocks away. The girl and her family found this law very unfair and took the issue to the NAACP. The NAACP was excited to finally have an issue to argue and combined with other similar cases which were eventually taken to the Supreme Court. The original rule, determined in Plessy vs. Ferguson, was that schools could be segregated as long as they were equal. However, events led people to realize that segregated schools were actually not equal because no matter what, black schools were always viewed as inferior. In addition, segregated schools were not preparing blacks for the real world, when they would have to function in a world consisting of primarily whites on a regular basis in society. After numerous hearings, the Supreme Court declared Plessy vs. Ferguson as unconstitutional, and decided segregated schools would no longer be allowed. Brown won the battle in this case.