LAD #37: Brown vs., Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas

Third grader, Linda Brown, had to walk a mile in a dangerous and rough area to get to a black school when there was a public school one block away. The separation of schools was made legal by the “Plessy vs. Ferguson” court case. The case states that as long as the schools were separate but equal they were okay. However, many believed that the schools were not as equal as they were promised to be. The defense argued that the segregation was preparing the colored children for the segregation that they would face the rest of their lives. Eventually, the Supreme Court overrode the ruling and united the schools. Although some backlash occurred, it was a great step towards quality.