Separate But Equal? African American Educational Opportuniti

One of the major points was the transition of the verdict from Plessy to Brown. Plessy was used for more than sixty years as a precedent for other segregation law cases. It is obvious that WWII played a huge role in the changing sentiment in the courts as well as society. For instance the killing of six million Jewish people because of racial differences open the eyes of many white American about the injustices that had been placed on Afr

Another major point that played a huge role in the decision of the Brown v. The Board of Education were the arguments made by the plaintiffs. The arguments were not based on equality but the unconstitutional basis of the segregation laws, unlike cases before theirs. There is evidence in the Amicus Curiae briefs and actual court arguments in the Plessy v. Ferguson case and the Brown v. The Board of Education case. The defense uses the equality argument by stating that “ If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one can not be inferior to the other civilly or politically.” Excepts for the Brown case use statements like “promote the democratic principles…including elimination of racial discrimination”(exp. 3 AVC), “the persecution at any time of any minority portends the shape and intensity of persecution of all minorities.” (exp. 3 American Jewi

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