The Role Of Brown V Board Of Education Case In Enhancing Equality In America
There are monumental times in US history that have shaped our future. A future where we are looked at as equal and in more ways than one. Life has not been parallel for all Americans.
Amendment XIV Section 1 “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ” Brown V Board of Education was a case that enhanced awareness on inequality, specifically Black Americans. “Separate but equal” is vital due to Plessy V Ferguson and the famous lawyer Thurgood Marshall who argued this case, and the success of the cause itself. This case caused many people to see that the separation between education was useless and did not help the children’s education. It also did not help the racism going on at the time.
Jim Crow laws made everyday life dreadful. Segregated waiting rooms in professional offices, water fountains, restrooms, building entrances, elevators, cemeteries, even amusement-parks. Legislation made it so Black people were not allowed to live in White neighborhoods. Segregation was enforced for public pools, phone booths, hospitals, and jails. Jim Crow laws also prevented Black People from attending school with white people with an unsettling argument that there were no need for the merge of races because everything white americans have black Americans have. Brown V Board of Education argued the complete opposite.
Plaintiff named Oliver Brown filed a class-action suit against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, in 1951, after his daughter, Linda Brown, was denied entrance to Topeka’s all-white elementary schools. Which led the argument schools for black children were not equal to the white schools, and that segregation violated the so called “equal protection clause” of the 14th Amendment’s no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”. “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal”, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public education denied African American children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Education is the most important function of state and local governments in theses days it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied an opportunity an education an opportunity where the state has undertaken to provide, it is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms. Segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprived the children of the minority group of educational opportunities. After all the dust settled this case did overturn sperate public schools but it did not create a dominio effect on its own which led to Brown V Board of Education II which arguable sparked intrests to push harder a Civil Rights Movement.
In my opinion by the Supreme Court ruling against segregation did help lead for change in society. Since the Supreme Court changed the law society had to change based off the outcome of this case. Education in today’s society is where it is because of the Brown v. Board of Education case. The belief today that everyone is equal and deserves equal treatment. This impacted everyone and the way the Constitution is viewed. This law forced a change making each race equal among each other. For the longest time before this case everything was segregated based on an individual’s race.
Till this day, life for Back Americans is not perfect. They continue to experience racism and hate crimes, but to a lesser extent. Having the government behind every single black person, if a crime is to occur, the government will ensure that justice. Under the law blacks and whites are considered as equals. Unquestionably, blacks will never again be segregated from public facilities and will never be considered inferior under the law. The Brown vs. Board of Education case impacted the lives of many blacks and has forever changed the United States of America government in which everyone will be respected as equals.
