The Brown v. The Board of Education case is a highly significant historical decision that changed the course of American history and society. The Brown v. The Topeka Board of Education case began in 1951 from the father’s love for his daughter. The father, Oliver Brown, couldn’t understand why his daughter Linda Brown always had to cross a long train track to go to school, leaving the elementary school near her home. So her father tried to transfer Linda to a school near her home, but she was denied admission by the principal because Linda’s skin color was ‘brown’. Frustrated and feeling unjust, the father submitted a petition. However, in American society at that time, racial segregation was not illegal due to the ideology of “separate but equal” advocated in the Plessy case. 

However, because separating white and colored children instills false stereotypes in children, Pastor Brown made a strong argument that the “separate but equal” should not be considered legal and universal. This case reached all the way to the Federal Supreme Court, and on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court officially ruled in favor of Brown, stating that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. It concluded that even if equal facilities are provided, the act of segregation based on race itself is fundamentally unequal by 14th amendment which supports equal protection. Even after the Brown decision, only about 600 out of 3,000 schools practiced racial segregation, but it became a notable event that marked a significant milestone in the history of racial discrimination. 

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The impact of this decision extended from public schools and to public facilities the following year, in December 1955. In 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old black woman, was imprisoned after she refused to move to a black seat on a bus. In response, angered African Americans initiated a boycott of the buses. It later became an important foundation for leading to the declaration of invalidity for racial segregation policies in parks, cemeteries, theaters, and restaurants. 

The Brown decision should be widely praised for Chief Justice Warren’s courage in confronting the U.S. The Supreme Court for a long time protected human rights in the face of a society where black children are a minority.Chief Justice Warren had a heavy burden, who challenged the distorted conscience of those who argued that separation was equal in a society claiming while keeping other typifying elements equal means ultimately equal. It is truly admirable that he courageously confronted the last and prevailed custom in America, to protect the rights of minorities. Furthermore, in our current society, I feel that we need a Chief Justice who, like Warren, can stand side of the minorities and protect their human rights.

Sorces:

https://www.britannica.com/event/Brown-v-Board-of-Education-of-Topeka

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/brown-v-board-of-education

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483