Paul Cooney
AP American
Mr. DeCarlo
5 April 2007


LAD 30-Brown vs. Board of Education

Due to the racial segregation in the early 1950’s, blacks often times did not receive the same privileges as whites. In Topeka, Kansas, the right being denied to a black third-grader named Linda Brown was the right to attend a school close to where she lived. At the time, little Linda had to walk one mile to and from school every day through a railroad switchyard, subjecting herself to grave danger. Meanwhile, there happened to be an all with school just seven blocks from her house, but was denied admittance. With the aid of the NAACP, black parents requested an injunction that would not allow the segregation of Topeka's schools. The court agreed upon the fact that segregation of the schools affected the children’s motivation to learn, however The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled in favor of “separate but equal.” The case was then appealed to the Supreme Court, resulting in the desegregation of public schools. It was decided that separated educational facilities are inherently unequal; the desegregation did not apply to other public areas such as restaurants or pools.