Question

Write a 125-word paragraph in which you examine the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. How important was the Court's ruling in advancing civil rights?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation: The ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States was so important that it is considered a historical judgment, since it ended the scourge of racism and therefore with the laws of Jim Crow that established racial segregation in public places, especially in schools. This ruling gave new opening to racial integration. It is no secret to anyone that racial segregation violated the Right to Equitable Protection, as well as the civil rights of African Americans. This Judicial ruling was issued against the Topeka Board of Education and openly stated that as of its establishment, that African Americans could enjoy the same equal educational opportunities as whites and the separate schools were terminated. However, to get to that moment, after the ruling was known, many schools accepted the situation but in some states violent events and racial disturbances occurred. Finally, it can be concluded that although several generations have passed since that historic ruling, racism still persists in United States but in a minimal proportion.

Answer 2

Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark judicial ruling by the United States Supreme Court that declared that state laws that established separate schools for African-American and white students denied equality of educational opportunities.

The ruling was delivered on May 17, 1954, unanimously (9-0) by the Warren Court; and established that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal". With this, the Supreme Court reversed the existing precedents from Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896. As a result of this ruling, racial segregation came to be considered as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This ruling opened the way for racial integration and achieving civil rights for African Americans.