Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)
The Story: Black children were not allowed to attend schools that were designated for white children due to segregation, and the NAACP wanted to change the current system and integrate the schools.
Decision and Justification: The vote was 9 in favor of Brown and 0 in favor of the school's board of education. It was decided that the segregation of schools based on race was, in fact, unconstitutional because it violated the 14th Amendment. The idea that schools and other facilities could be separate but equal was rejected.
Lasting Effect: Today, schools are not usually racially segregated. Children now get a more equal education compared to the next child and segration (by law) has melted away in today's facilities.
Other Details: This was not the first case of its kind to be brought to attention. It was actually the fifth case to adress racially segregated schools.
Brown vs. Board of Education was a case compiled of five cases and represented over 200 plantiffs from all over the country.
Although the Amendment brought into play was the 14th, this was technically a civil rights case.
Decision and Justification: The vote was 9 in favor of Brown and 0 in favor of the school's board of education. It was decided that the segregation of schools based on race was, in fact, unconstitutional because it violated the 14th Amendment. The idea that schools and other facilities could be separate but equal was rejected.
Lasting Effect: Today, schools are not usually racially segregated. Children now get a more equal education compared to the next child and segration (by law) has melted away in today's facilities.
Other Details: This was not the first case of its kind to be brought to attention. It was actually the fifth case to adress racially segregated schools.
Brown vs. Board of Education was a case compiled of five cases and represented over 200 plantiffs from all over the country.
Although the Amendment brought into play was the 14th, this was technically a civil rights case.