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A landmark decision: remembering Brown v. Board of Education.(Social Studies News)(Brief Article)
Weekly Reader, Edition 4 (including Science Spin) | May 07, 2004  This May marks the 50th anniversary of a court case that changed history. That case was Brown v. Board of Education. On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that having separate schools for black students and white students violated the U.S. Constitution.  Law of the Land In 1951, Linda Brown, a third-grade student in Topeka, Kansas, was one of many African American children forced to attend black-only schools. Even though the school for white students was just blocks from her house, Linda had to travel all the way across town to an all-black school. Segregated, or separate, public schools were legal at the time--as long as the black and white students had an "equal" education. That idea was known as "separate but equal." However, the reality was that segregation was unequal. Schools for black students were generally rundown and overcrowded and lacked supplies. In comparison, schools for white students were newer and had smaller class sizes and better supplies. When Linda was denied entrance to the all-white school, her father and 12 other parents sued the Topeka school system. The case was eventually heard by the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that "separate educational facilities are ... unequal."  50 Years Later As a child, Linda Brown was part of the integration of America's public schools. Integration is the act of including people of all races. Today, Linda Brown is grown up. She travels around the country to speak about the case. She recently told the Omaha World-Herald, "Little did [my father] know when he stepped off the witness stand, he stepped into the pages of history."  <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">A Look Back at Brown v. Board of Education <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1950: Parents of African American students try to enroll their children in all-white schools. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1951: Linda Brown's father and other parents file a lawsuit for integrated schools. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1952: The U.S. Supreme Court first hears the case. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1954: All nine Supreme Court justices rule segregation is illegal.