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Brown v. Board of Education
Title: Brown v. Board of Education
Category: History
Details: Words: 458 | Pages: 1.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Brown v. Board of Education
On May 17, 1954, the U.S Supreme Court ended the “separate but equal” doctrine stating, “Separate education facilities are inherently unequal.” The court case came about during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950’s. Although white and black schools were in the same district they were not equal learning facilities. In Topeka, Kansas, there were 18 schools for white students and only four for black students. Linda Brown, a seven year old grade school student, had to …showed first 75 words of 458 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 458 total…Their case was combined with other cases that were also fighting against segregation in the State of South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware. Their case was heard on December 9, 1952, but the Supreme Court failed to reach a decision. It would not be until December 7, 1953 that the court again would take on the case.
In 1953 President Eisenhower appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the Supreme Court in hopes that he would end the desegregation of public schools.
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