Prevail in Brown v. Board of Education In my research I will review all the information regarding the case that changed America. The Brown vs Board of Education started in 1951. In my research I will look at the path differences and some similarities of today's society. In my research there was one case that created the general atmosphere, which was the Plessy v. Ferguson case which allowed segregation in schools. Colors and whites were still the same but just in different schools. Brown vs board began with 13 black teenagers whose parents enrolled them in schools closer to their home. These are just local white schools. This was done with the intention of breaking the barrier of an all-white or black school. The entire court case took 2 1/2 to a year to resolve in court. It was filed in 1951 in favor of Brown and the rest of the families involved in the lawsuit. The lawsuit said it wanted school districts to abide by the policy established by racial segregation. In Kansas state law, the board of education had passed a similar law that allowed for the division of schools for people of color, from different high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools. The case where so much of the world's attention was focused on dividing the walls that shouldn't be with the 14th amendment, although it was a clear violation of the same, they did not state that any state could deny a person their laws or protection rights . The 14th Amendment was not written in one clear statement and interpreted differently by many people. Nearly a third of what was spent on white schools was spent on all black communities, which meant that white schools had the best books, new equipment, and everything else. Basically... middle of paper... this is how we continue to segregate ourselves to this day. It wasn't easy and it seemed almost impossible to separate the world from discrimination and segregation. It was absolutely necessary to ensure fairness for everyone in our country and many have not suffered during this time and we cannot change anything. The group of parents who spoke out against the lawsuit proved to be the cause of a much larger movement than we expected. Works Cited • Neal Devins, “What Brown Teaches Us About the Rehnquist Courts” APSA April 2004 • Derrick A. Bell, “Contributors' Comments,” in What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said, ed. Balkin, 206• Alex McBride “Expanding Civil Rights” Year 2066• Jean Van Dilnder “today education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments”