Due to racial segregation in Topeka, Kansas, a school girl, Linda Brown, had to endure a five mile bus ride when the school was only a few blocks from her home. This led to the Supreme Court case of Brown vs Board of Education. During the case, Thurgood Marshall, attorney for NAACP, argued for Brown. The court ruled that the 'separate but equal' doctrine was unconstitutional because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment, which states that any person born in the United States has citizenship. This overturned the decision in the Plessy vs Ferguson case which supported racial segregation and claimed that it was constitutional. The case however, did not end racial segregation in schools immediately. It took years for schools to integrate blacks and whites into the school systems.
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PROTESTSMany people did not appreciate the way they were being treated. Many began protests and others joined in. Eventually, there were blacks along with some whites that were tired of the segregation and they joined in unison, protesting about their cooresponding thoughts and feelings about racism.
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THURGOOD MARSHALLHe argued thirty two cases before the Supreme Court, one being the Brown vs Board case, which invalidated state-enforced racial segregation in local public schools in Topeka. It eventually spread all over the US but it took time before it was completely put in full effect.
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AFTER EFFECTSAfter the final decision in the case, segregation did not end immediately. It took many other cases and rulings to make the decision final, but this case made major progressions towards the end of segregation in America in this time.
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