1950s-1960s African Americans have been Striving and Struggling

“During the mid 1950s to the late 1960s, African Americans have been striving and struggling and doing whatever they can to obtain civil rights of the same equality as white people through through wanting to have the same education, getting the same job opportunities, having access to public facilities/transportation, and many more

The Brown vs. Board of education conflict was a supreme court case that happened back in 1954. This case focused on the fact that it was unconstitutional and not equal for public places to be racially segregated between whites and blacks, and in this case, in schools. They were originally segregated because of the Plessy v. Ferguson case where they allowed segregation through being “separate but equal.” But finally, a man named Oliver Brown stepped up and wanted to end this segregation by taking this conflict to court. The court justices all finally made a decision of ruling racial segregation in schools to be unconstitutional. Over the years, this case has really affected the civil rights movement and how things are today.

In 1951, Rev. Oliver Brown’s daughter, Linda Brown was not allowed to enter Sumner Elementary, which was populated with all white students. Oliver Brown wanted Linda to go to this school because it was in their neighborhood, but she could not because of the states segregation laws in Kansas. Because of this, Oliver Brown filed a case vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that claimed schools were not equal and segregation was a violation of the 14th amendment which states that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Effects on time it occured: The Brown vs Board of Education case really had an impact on the civil rights movement at the time. It overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, which originally made schools segregated, and outlawed segregation as a whole. Effect on world: The brown vs board of education case affected today’s world by desegregating schools and public places in general. It opened the eyes of many and made them realize everyone should be equal no matter what color or race the person is. Now we don’t even think about having a large number of diverse and racially different people wherever we are or the various places we go. Linda brown, her friends and family helped create a better atmosphere and community in today’s world through making segregation finally unconstitutional and gave colored people a better chance at life and chasing after their dreams.

Linda Brown has all the right to go to any school she wants. She shouldn’t be disregarded to enter Sumner School just because of her skin color. She is a human and has rights just like any other person and they should not be ripped away from her because of her skin color.”

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