CIVIL RIGHTS

Civil Rights: Brown v. Board of Education

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of “The Court's treatment of a particular issue over time” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “The case of Brown v. Board of Education” and its relation with “civil rights”. The research also analyzes many aspects of the case and its impact on the society. Finally the research describes that the Brown decision was the most powerful judicial act of educational reform in the United States and concluded at the point that a new era of unity began and this court decision was a major landmark not only for the African American people but for all the people who waited for justice to be served.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Introduction1

Constitutional Convention and Civil Rights1

Impacts of the amendment And Law Suit2

Impact on our educational system and global racism4

Court's Treatment5

Controversial Issues Timeline7

Conclusion8

Reference9

Annotated Bibliography10

Civil Rights: Brown v. Board of Education

Introduction

It all started when Linda Brown, the daughter of Oliver Brown had to walk almost a mile to a bus stop via railroad switching station. After that she waited for the school bus of black elementary school. To be more precise, waiting for the bus of the school where only African American children went. This sounds absurd simply because the white elementary school, which was located in Topeka, Kansas, was just a few blocks away from her home. The white elementary school was the one where only white students went. All these elements raised only one question upon people's mind that was racism.

Since racism was at its peak in the 1950's. This was a landmark in history where racism was recognized and the elements that led to this activity were uprooted. Upon hearing the incident Oliver Brown, immediately went to the white school for her daughter's admission, but she was never allowed in that school. Brown then went to McKinley Burnett, the chief of Topeka's branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and asked for help. The NAACP was extremely curious to help the Browns, as it was waiting for this opportunity to segregation issue for a long time. With Brown's complaint, it had the right complainant at the right time.

Constitutional Convention and Civil Rights

Civil rights leaders such as W. E. B. Du Bois and A. Philip Randolph fought for equal rights for African Americans long before the mid-1900s. But it is the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, and the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s that are viewed as the events that changed the landscape regarding race and racial discrimination in the United States.

In addition, while the lawyers and activists who fought for Brown viewed themselves as dissenters, the decision sparked formidable dissent and activism against the decision itself. The Brown decision overturned an 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Plessey v. Ferguson, in which the Court ruled by a vote of 7-1 that railroad companies that had separate cars for ...