What did Brown v Board of Education challenge?

Answer 1

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)

The case was related to the decision in Plessy vs Ferguson, 1896, in which the Supreme Court ruled (7-1-1) that the "separate but equal" status was legal as long as blacks were accorded services which were deemed separate but equal. It dealt with blacks not being allowed to ride in the train car set aside for whites only. The issue in Brown was whether or not separate but equal could still be used as a reason to separate blacks from whites in the schools of Topeka, Kansas. But, like Plessy, the decision had wide ranging ground breaking results for the whole nation.

The Warren Court in 1954 voted overwhelmingly that separate but equal could be neither separate nor equal and in throwing this out the law of the land was changed forever.

Unfortunately many southern cities schools became black only as white parents began private schools for their white children. This holds true even today in some situations.

Answer 2

the right of all people to become educated

the policy of busing students to schools far from home

the right of the courts to decide educational issues

the "separate (schools) but equal (schools)" principle

Answer 3

Segregation, in general. Brown v. Board of Education,(1954) was one of a series of consolidated test cases the NAACP devised to challenge the constitutionality of segregation in the public schools. Their hope was to argue these cases as Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection violations before the US Supreme Court.

Contrary to popular belief, the case didn't start because Linda Brown was unable to enroll in her neighborhood "all white" elementary school, although her rejection, as stated in the case, is a matter of fact. The petitioners in Brown, including the nominal plaintiff Oliver Brown, were recruited by local NAACP lawyers and instructed to attempt enrolling their children in the segregated "white" school. All parties knew the African-American children would be denied admission, which was the NAACP's preferred outcome. Had the Topeka, Kansas, schools integrated on request, they would have had to recruit plaintiffs from a less cooperative school district.

Brown was one of five cases the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund brought to the courts simultaneously, to demonstrate how pervasive racism and segregation were, and to increase their chances of being granted certiorari by the US Supreme Court.

Case Citation:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)

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Answer 4

The question presented to the US Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education was:

"Does the segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprive the minority children of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment?"

Case Citation:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)

Answer 5

The main argument that Marshal argued was that there wasn't such a thing as a person who is separate but equal. The fact that someone is separate makes them unequal, so separating children in schools makes them unequal.

Answer 6

It was mainly the segergation that was the issue because they denied black childern to enter into a white school and students had sued