Brown+vs+Board+of+Education

== Brown v. Board of education, Kansas Linda Brown wanted equal schooling,1950 == == ==

//Decision delivered on 17 May 1954 //
//This case is significant as it 'dismantled the legal basis for racial segregation in schools and other public facilities.'(Brown Foundation, 2004) // In 1950, eight year old by the name of Linda Brown wanted to attend the 'white only' school close to her home rather than the African American school 'four times the distance' away (Anderson, Low and Keese, 2008, p.128). Her cause was represented by NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall in state and federal courts and during its appeal in the US Supreme Court.Specifically, the Brown v. Board of Education comprised of five cases, each seeking the same legal remedy. The most famous of these is Linda Brown's case from Topeka, Kansas. Supporters of segregation argued that the US Federal Government did not have the power to overrule state law on education under the constitution - specifically the Fourteenth Ammendment. Supporters of desegregation such as Dr Kenneth Clark (1997,p17) determined that the impact of segregated education inflicted on children was to the extent of severe psychological damage. The decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren was a unanimous vote of the Supreme Courts nine justices. They determined that the separation of children solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority; and that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. They acknowledged that the existence of seperate educational facilities is unequal, and thus - unconstitutional. The case overturned the precedent and doctrine of 'seperate but equal' in education of which was derived from case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)  media type="youtube" key="TTGHLdr-iak" height="385" width="640" SOURCES: [] [] Brown Foundation

Anderson M., Low, A.,Keese, I. (2008) __Retrospective Year 11 Modern History__ John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Queensland.