Brown+V.+Board+of+education

=**Brown V. Board of Education**=
 * Background:** The case of Brown v. Board of Education is a case dealing with civil rights and segregation in the 1950's. The case came about when an African American Girl named Linda Brown, age eight, had to walk twenty-one blocks to a school for non-whites. Even though there was a school only three blocks form where they lived. Prior to the case the Jim Crows law stated that blacks would not be afforded the same rights as whites. During the case they stated that this was a violation of the 14th amendment rights. After some time a panel of three judges agreed that the separation of children in schools was unconstitutional,and immoral.


 * Facts:** The trial took place in the 1950's. It was a case dealing with segregation.The case became and example for several cases involving segregation in schools. Another case similiar to this case was the Plessy v. Ferguson case witch took place in 1889. Jim Brown, Linda Brown's father, apprched the NAACP and they agreed to assist him with the case. The case allowed children of all ages to attended school where every they wanted to.


 * Players:** Multiple people where involved in this case. Oliver Brown, Linda Browns father. Oliver was upset that his daughter could not attened the same school as her friends. Oliver Brown was a welder and an assistant pastor. Another person who was involved was an African American judge named Thurgood Marshall. Thurgood played a significant role in the trial. He stated that the school segregation was a violation of the 14th amendment rights.


 * Court Decisions:** The case was settled after a panel of three judges determined that the case was unconstitutional

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 * Results:** The results of this case help allow children of all ages to attend school together. The case not only helped kids it aloud adults to work and live without segregation. [[image:judabusinesseducation/brown v. board.jpg width="261" height="304" align="left"]]
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By: Tim Allen