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SEPARATION AT IT’S GREATEST


 * HOW LONG WILL THESE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS HAVE TO BE SEPARATED FROM A EDUCATION THAT A WHITE STUDENT MIGHT GET?**

BY, DREW SARNO SEPTEMBER 2, 1960 A young third grade girl has to take two buses and take a mile walk in order to get to a school for the African Americans even though there is a “white” school right down the block. Is this constitutional? Thats exactly the question Oliver Brown asked when his daughter, Linda, when she was denied the enrollment to a local white school in Topeka, Kansas.

In 1950 Oliver Brown along with thirteen other parents were told that their daughter was not eligible to attend their school because of their race. The school told them that they must go to one of the local African American Schools. Mr. Brown was not going to allow this to happen especially because the African American school only gets funded with $50 as the white school gets $150. With less funding their is less of a education and it is not fair for white students to get a better education than a white person.

When Brown’s daughter wasn’t excepted he went straight to the NAACP which is the (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The NAACP hired lawyers to represent Linda Brown and her fellow classmates. The state overturned the case and then in October of 1951 it was brought to the Supreme Court.

It took the next three years to deal with the case. The judge was going back and forth between both sets of lawyers. Brown’s lawyers were arguing that there is no reason a black student should be separated from a white if there is no difference besides color between them. In 1954 the Court ruled in Brown’s favor along with the other students. It took many years to finalize this law and hopefully the blacks are not treated differently than a white person because there is no difference except color.

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TASK II What is the Argument? Is it constitutional for a African American student to take two buses and walk in order to get to a African American school when there is a white elementary school right down the road?

PROMPT 1: Why did the majority of Americans not recognize the rights of members of this group? Linda Brown was a third grader and was ready to start her first day at a elementary school that was just down the block from her. She would finally be able to go to school with her friends. Her dad went in to try to enroll her in the school but the head of the school denied it because Linda was a African American student and this was a "white" elementary school. In this day in age people still didn't approve of Black people doing the same thing as them. They were treated as if they were dogs. Linda's father was furious and him along with 13 other parents of African students decided to take this to court. This was called Brown v.s the Board of Education. The majority of Americans did not treat black people with respect and didn't recognize that these Africans were people to. They had the same rights as us but we still treated them as if we were better. Brown won the case but they didn't start segregating schools until the Little Rock when they had people from the government go in and make sure these black students were being treated as equals.

PROMPT 2: How did advocates for the minority group shed light on this injustice?

Whites were not used to the fact that African Americans were now equal. Even though the law stated that they had the same rights then why were they drinking from a different place, sitting on a different bus, and going to different schools? I know that if I was told I had the same rights as a white person and I was African American then i would not feel as if I was a equal. The people of this group finally decided that they would take a stand for it. Things like the Brown v.s Board of Education case shows how they were making a stand. It wasn't just African American people who were standing up for their rights it was also some white people that thought it was wrong. In Little Rock nine they had white people go in and protect the black to make sure they were treated equally. This is a act that helps protect black peoples rights so that they feel equal as a citizen.

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Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth

Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck <span style="color: #ff5400; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop <span style="color: #ff5400; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Here is a strange and bitter cry

<span style="color: #ff5400; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">{ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/billie-holiday-lyrics/strange-fruit-lyrics.html } The song "Strange Fruits" by Billie Holiday is a perfect example of a segregation song. It shows the separation of the white and black people and how they were treated differently. If you really analyze the poem you can see that it talks about the white people having a great life and then the black people being the "Strange Fruits" and are not normal people. This song really shows the white peoples attitude towards African Americans and should be valued as a song saying that we are all equal as people.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">__Paragraph 2:__ CLOSING-- How did the event impact the debate on the argument? The event impacted the debate a lot. The case was to try to find the reason why there was different race school's. Why is it wrong for them to go to the same school as a white person? Its not and thats what Linda Brown's father was trying to prove and it greatly impacted the way we are today. It was one of the reasons most everyone gets equal rights and black and white people are now equal and can walk among each other with one not being better than the other.

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