Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

For years after Plessy v. Ferguson, African Americans fought for to end segregation. In a unanimous ruling to overturn the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court Ruled that "separate but equal" facilities in fact violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

 

This is perhaps the most monumental court case in history. Denying access to certain facilities based on race clearly constitutes inequality. The fact that the Plessy v. Ferguson decision stood for so long is disappointing. I completely agree with the decision that separate cannot be equal and that segregation is unconstitutional. The court was correct in concluding that "in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place" because "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."