Brown v Board of Education

Analysis of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka On June 7, 1892 a man named Homer Adolph Plessy was arrested and jailed for refusing to leave the “White” section of an East Louisiana Railroad train. Although Plessy was only one-eighths black, under Louisiana law he was considered black and, therefore, required to sit in the “Colored” section. The punishment for breaking this law, the Separate Car Act, was a fine of twenty-five dollars or twenty days …

…completely different place if not for that decision. It helped to revolutionize the way that minorities were treated. It changed the morals of the nation. It was no longer okay to discriminate based on race. Studying this giant step in our history is beneficial to show how are nation became what it is today: a place where anyone, of any belief, race, sex, or origin, can come and live without fear of being discriminated against.