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:man::skin-tone-6: Brown v. Board of Education :man::skin-tone-6: - Coggle…
:man::skin-tone-6: Brown v. Board of Education :man::skin-tone-6:
:fountain_pen: Backstory :fountain_pen:
About the case
Landmark case in 1954
Cornerstone of the Civil Rights movement
Contributed towards proving that 'separate-but-equal' was not actually equal
Background
In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled that racially-segregated facilities were legal, as long as they were equal
As time passed, the NAACP was working hard to pass laws to desegregate schools, and filing cases
The most famous of these cases was filed by Oliver Brown in Topeka Kansas, after his daughter, Linda Brown was denied entry to an all-white elementary school in Topeka
In the lawsuit, Brown claimed that schools for black children were not equal to schools for white children
The case went before the US District Court in Kansas, who upheld the 'separate-but-equal' doctrine
Eventually, Oliver Brown's case came before the Supreme Court, and was combined with 4 other similar cases, which were collectively called 'Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka'
The case was argued by Thurgood Marshall, the head of the NAACP legal defense
:zap: Cause :zap:
"Jim Crow" laws
Separate-but-equal doctrine
Inequality of racially-segregated spaces
Black people were dissatisfied with the constant segregation
Wanted equality of opportunity
:school: Effect :school:
Started the process of nation-wide desegregation
Schools in the deep South were resistant, and did not desegregate until the 1970s
Made equality of opportunity in education the default
The ruling in favor of black people fueled the civil rights movement
Paved the way for the Civil Rights Act (1964), which began desegregation in earnest
:!: Importance :!:
Was a significant event in the civil rights movement
Paved the way for desegregation in earnest
Eventually culminated in modern, integrated schooling
Improved equality
Led to the disappearance of the 'separate but equal' doctrine