Brown v. Board of Education
In 1952 the case of Brown v. Board of Education was first fought in the Supreme Court of the United States, attempting to end racial segregation in American public schools. The 14th Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause contained in it adopted in 1868, shows us that segregation of public school by race deprives Negros of equal protection under the law, and was used to argue in favour of ending segregation. The famous case of Brown v. Board of Education can be interpreted in at least three different ways: sociologically, politically, and psychologically. I will explain each in turn, arguing that the psychological view is the view that best captures the significance of the case that ended segregation in the United States.
The Case of Brown v. Board of Education is a famous United States Supreme Court case that ended segregation in the country and was a landmark in the civil rights movement. It was the victory of this case that overturned the case of Plessy v. Ferguson that allowed racial segregation at the consent of the state by laying down what came to be known as the “separate but equal” doctrine. The “Due Process Clause” and the “Equal Protection Clause” are a part of the 14th Amendment and are stated in the American constitution maintaining that all citizens are to be given equal protection of the laws. The “separate but equal” doctrine was adopted in the case Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 and was used to argue against the plaintiffs showing us that although schools are separated by race, Negros were still given equal opportunity to receive a good education. The court must consider public education in the light of the school systems full development and its present place in American life in order to determine if segregation deprived the plaintiffs of equal protection of the laws. It was later concluded that segregation of public school did in fact deprive Negro’s of equal protection under the law because of the 14th...