The Brown vs. Board was a case occurred from the developed of various court cases in 1950s. It involved school segregation in which Linda Brown who was black was denied access to white school. It was ruled out by the Supreme Court that it was according to the constitution to create different schools to accommodate children on the basis of race. Several other court cases were ruled based on the decision of Supreme Court to culminate racial discrimination. The entire country experienced desegregation due to the ruling of the Supreme Court. Civil rights movements also came up to fight segregation based on race in schools after the ruling. Separate schools based on race and color was eliminated. Children were given an opportunity to be taught from any school regardless of race.
Four cases were involved in the Brown vs. Board of Education case. These included; Gebhart vs. Belton, Elliot vs. Briggs, The Brown and Davis vs. Country School of Prince Edward Country. National Association for the Advancement of Colored people was the one responsible for the sponsoring of these cases. This body was geared towards equal rights by fighting to end segregation. Through the legal Education and Defense Fund, the body managed to challenge segregation. Plessy vs. Fergusson which was the law of the land was affected by the decision made on the case Brown vs. Board of Education. Plessy vs. Fergusson advocated for separate facilities thus enabling segregation. Despite of the equality purported in the separate schools, inequality in terms of quality education was exercised. It was perceived that segregation was not of essence in public places. The blacks and whites were introduced to equal opportunities in the public places. The decision allowed blacks and whites to make use of the same facilities and places regardless of race.
The clause which dealt with Equal Protection was addressed by the Supreme Court in its decision. The court was mandated to decide whether it was constitutional to exercise segregation in public schools. Most of the blacks in the 19th century lived in South America. This dictated a segregated society in the South. Linda Brown was behind the case in which she occupied premises in white school. She had to make a long journey in attending the all-black school. She had to cover a total of twenty one blocks in getting to the all-black school despite of having to cover five blocks if she was attending the all-white school. Her friend got access to the nearby all-white school although she was denied access. In order to enable their daughter attend the school which was nearby, her parents filed a lawsuit. They filed the case against Topeka Board of Education. They demanded their daughter to be allowed entrance to the school without considering race. Others involved in the case included; NAACP and other parents. NAACP was in the forefront fighting for elimination of public school segregation. The United States in 1951, ruled the case in favor of the board. This led to the intervention of the Supreme Court after NACCP pressed further. On their side, the board of education argued that equal opportunity was availed in the separate schools. This was challenged by the decision made by the Supreme Court in 1954.
Inferiority was perceived to dominate in the case of separate schools since the quality offered in the different school was different thus leading to the decision of the Supreme Court. This shaped the American Society since segregation was no longer an issue.
