Brown Comparison with the Board of Education

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In 1951, thirteen families in a small community in Topeka, Kansas, came together to do something about the injustice. Their community education board allowed racial segregation in the school system in accordance with the outdated law of 1879.

The leader of this group of concerned parents was Oliver J. Brown and the result of what began as a few parents trying to improve their children's lives became one of the most famous and influential court cases in Brown's history by comparing the Board of Education.

The practice of school segregation had become a common and accepted practice in American society despite many movements in the history of civil rights to prevent black-and-white segregation.

 The reason why segregation has provided a “different but equal” environment that has benefited education, is the fact that it has been a cover-up effort to deprive African American children of the quality of education that everyone in the world needs today.

The case continued to weigh in until the Supreme Court in May 1954. The decision was amazing and we made the decision when we came back 9-0. The court statement was short, concise, and stated that "different educational institutions are not equal."

Now even the clearest statement from the Supreme Court did not end the struggle between the racists and those who would end the practice that deprived African American children of quality education. 

In 1957 the governor of Arkansas tried to block the unification of schools in his province and the only thing that could stop him was the intervention of government forces sent by President Eisenhower.

 A similar but well-publicized event took place in Alabama when Governor George Wallace physically barred black students from entering the University of Alabama.

 It took the intervention of state attorneys to physically remove him to ensure that the law of the land, as ordered by the Supreme Court, was enforced. And the law of the land then and forever from then on was that separation was not lawful in this land.

Since this historic decision, there have been several subtle attempts to stir up prejudice. But in recent decades, attitudes have changed when such ideas of how our social institutions are established are viewed as old-fashioned and out-of-date.

The consolidation of schools was an important step in the ongoing struggle to build a truly equitable society and to improve the chances of black children growing up with the same opportunities as all other children in the country.

 While many African American children are literate, black people have been able to make a significant contribution to the culture and advancement of knowledge in all fields of learning. In addition, emerging black educated people brought about a middle-class black class that measured society from an economic point of view.

 As African Americans begin to participate in all the economic opportunities for the middle class, the chances of whites, blacks, and people of all races and cultures coming together to heal the scars of apartheid and eradicate cultural divisions.

But perhaps the most important result of school integration is the opportunity for children of all races to learn, play and grow together. As young black and white students studied classes, attended soccer games, and participated in pep meetings together, they became friends. 

They had the opportunity to work together in groups and to participate under any circumstances and as that became commonplace in the community, racism began to take root in young American hearts.

As a result, modern-day youths may view racism as old-fashioned and out-of-date. This form of white supremacy by blacks and blacks will continue to ultimately end racial discrimination and intolerance over any chaos or protest or march or even the Supreme Court decision. 

And we have Oliver Brown and that little group of parents from Topeka, Kansas to thank for this. By doing the best for their children, they are doing something good for all American children now and for generations to come.