Brown v. The Board of Education

In 1896, The supreme court ruled that in the Plessy v. Ferguson segregation of facilities were legal but had to be equal. This case was also brought to the Supreme court as well as the Plessy v. Ferguson case.This lawsuit comes out of Kansas and in this lawsuit it talks of segregation in schools and how it affects the 14th amendment rights. This case was combined with three other case into one big case called the Board of Education of Topeka.

In the Brown side it is mentioned that is not economically fair to individuals, as well as it did not follow the 14th amendment. It also was not fair in facilities stand point. The facilities designed for the African Americans were not like the whites. The bible was mentioned as well and that God created everyone equal and not just one color.

On the Board of Education side it is mentioned that in order to keep the peace they need to keep the facilities separate but equal. They also mentioned that there was no point where it mentioned that they needed to be put into the same place or make African Americans equal to whites, and that there is no need to disturb what has been going on for many years.

"In the decision, issued on May 17, 1954, Warren wrote that “in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place,” as segregated schools are “inherently unequal.” As a result, the Court ruled that the plaintiffs were being “deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment(HISTORY).” In the end it was realized that the separate but equal was unconstitutional and Brown won the case.

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka