Integration,+1954+Brown+Vs.+Board+of+Education

__Integration, 1954 Brown Vs. Board of Education __ What is Integration: The intermixing of people or groups previously segregated Brown VS. Board of Education of Topeka: In Topeka, Kansas, a African-American third grade girl, Linda Brown, had to walk more than a mile thorough a railroad switchyard to get to her black school, instead of a white school seven blocks from her home. Her father, Oliver Brown, tried to get her into the school, however the principal refused. Twelve more African-American parents joined with Oliver Brown, to try getting into the white school. Even though it was said that both schools were equal, it was certainly untrue. As the principal refused again, it was made into a legal case. Brown's side's argument was that segregated schools essentially told the black children that they were inferior to whites, therefore making the schools unequal. The Board's argument was that segregating schools prepared the children for the segregation they would have to deal with as an adult. They also argued that segregation wasn't necessarily harmful; there were plenty of famous African Americans such as George Washington Carver that had to overcome more than segregated schools to achieve what they did. This case put the court in a difficult place. On one hand, they agreed that segregated schools taught the black children that they were inferior, thus affecting the motivation of the child to learn. On the other hand, the precedent case Plessy vs. Ferguson allowed separate but equal segregated schools. Due to this, the court felt "compelled" to vote in favor of the Board of Education, thus the case lost. Therefore it was taken to the Supreme Court. There, the judges voted unanimously in Brown's favor, and it was made illegal to have separate black and white schools. []