Racial segregation within school systems in the United States was a normal business though out the country at one time. It was said “Separate but equal” according to Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896). Roughly legalizing segregation of blacks and whites in all parts of the country. Separate was factual, but equal was a myth within the black community. The schools were not equal. Afro-American children were cheated out of having the same learning conditions and materials as …showed first 75 words of 402 total…

…showed last 75 words of 402 total…law. On May 17th, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren read the unanimous court decision: “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment”