Summary:
Shows the argyments in the Brown vs. Board of Education case.
The Brown vs. Board of Education case concerned segregation in the country's public schools. In the early 1950"s, most public schools in the South, and some in the North, were racially segregated. There were schools only for Native Americans, and schools only for African Americans. In some cities, school segregation was enforced by laws, and some were enforced by custom and tradition. The Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution was under consideration before the Civil War had ended. Although it freed all the slaves, it did not do anything to guarantee that they would be able to enjoy the rights and privileges of American citizenship; the country's racial divisions still persisted. After the slaves were emancipated, the southern states had suffered greatly. Cities, towns, farms, and homes had been ruined. Many southerners blamed the freed slaves for.....
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