Background and legality of the case
In 1954, the supreme court combined multiple cases about the segregation in public schools. "They all dealt with the question of whether the principles "separate but equal", established in Plessy v. Ferguson, was constitutional" (McGraw-Hill 381). The main case involved a girl named Linda Brown who was denied admission into a school in Topeka, Kansas because she was African American. Linda and her parents teamed up with the NAACP to sue the school board. On May 17, 1954, the court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
NAACP and Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall-Chief counsel and director of the Legal Defense and Education Fund.
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Supreme Court's decision, including Brown II
The supreme courts decision was made that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. In Brown II, the Supreme Court ruled that all districts are to proceed "with all deliberate speed" to end school segregation. This statement was taken advantage of by school districts by being to vague. Many schools remained segregated for many years later.
What was the southern response?
Convinced many African Americans that the time had come to challenge segregation. But on the other hand, whites had become angered by all of the African American resistance. Many whites in the south joined city councils to pressure the school boards to go against the Supreme Court.
In 1954, the supreme court combined multiple cases about the segregation in public schools. "They all dealt with the question of whether the principles "separate but equal", established in Plessy v. Ferguson, was constitutional" (McGraw-Hill 381). The main case involved a girl named Linda Brown who was denied admission into a school in Topeka, Kansas because she was African American. Linda and her parents teamed up with the NAACP to sue the school board. On May 17, 1954, the court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
NAACP and Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall-Chief counsel and director of the Legal Defense and Education Fund.
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Supreme Court's decision, including Brown II
The supreme courts decision was made that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. In Brown II, the Supreme Court ruled that all districts are to proceed "with all deliberate speed" to end school segregation. This statement was taken advantage of by school districts by being to vague. Many schools remained segregated for many years later.
What was the southern response?
Convinced many African Americans that the time had come to challenge segregation. But on the other hand, whites had become angered by all of the African American resistance. Many whites in the south joined city councils to pressure the school boards to go against the Supreme Court.