Brown vs. Board of education is one of the most significant court cases in the development of our country. By the fifteenth amendment, black children were segregated from white children and their schooling. The saying was “separate but equal.” The court case happened in 1954 and it took down the racial segregation in schools and other public facilities throughout the country. Brown vs. the board of education shaped the future policies regarding human rights. Before the infamous Supreme Court case prejudice and discrimination of people’s race, religion and culture characteristics were not only tolerated, they were accepted. The court case, Brown vs. the board of education was critical to the molding of our country not just as a democracy, but as people; the basic rights that were being violated for so long were a part of our constitution for a long time, and no one seemed to realize. Brown vs. the board of education made education and social reforms possible. It also kick started the civil rights movement which was monumentally important to the rights of all. If this case, Brown vs. Board of education was to have happened in the 1920s instead of the 1950s, it would have been a whole other situation entirely. For starters, this court case probably would not have even gone to trial because back then, schooling was not common for most African American children. Especially in the town of Maycomb it most likely would have been unheard of. It was not until much later that people band together to fight this. And they should have because it is a major human rights violation even though some would argue otherwise.
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html
http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html
http://brownvboard.org/summary/
Your summary of the Brown v. Board of Education case was great! It was concise, but made perfect sense, and your wording was excellent. Your connections were very similar to mine. I liked how you expanded on your connections and said that racism was a big violation of human rights; it really puts it in perspective.
ReplyDeleteI really like the fact that you connected the court case to our nation's belief in democracy and the fact that blacks were not receiving equal rights even though it was in the constitution. I agree that this court case made the way for social changes. It's effects are still felt today and now blacks are able to receive education at the same standard as all other races. Nice blog.
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