Mock Trial #3

 Brown v Board of Education 

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. A cornerstone of the civil rights movement, Brown v. Board of Education set the precedent that separate-but-equal education and other services were not, in fact, equal. 

 

They are arguing segregation because it was hurting the children. The people were fighting because their children are in harm's way and they are ready and determined. During this time Black and White students in the north would usually go to separate schools. Although it is not a law, it is by a fact which is defacto. Segregation is the reason why students of different races do not go to the same school. The argument of the case was to. argue against segregation was that separate was not equal because of integrity factors.

 

The ruling of the case "Brown vs the Board of Educations is, that racial segregation is unconstitutional in public schools. This is also proven that it violated the 14th amendment to the constitution, which prohibits the states from denying the equal right to any person.

  

During this trial, my team and I were on the Board of Education, which means we had to defeat what the Board of education did was separate but equal and it didn't violate the 14th amendment.

During the 1950s some issues were growing, blacks were fighting against racial discrimination. The struggle against racism and segregation entered the mainstream of  American life. During this, it was better for the black and white to go to separate schools because it wouldn’t lead to issues, violent riots, and previous events that had happened in recent years. 

On May 31, 1921, there was one of the most violent racial attacks in American history. This event was called the  Tulsa Race Massacre. It started when mobs of white residents, some of whom were given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa. 24 hours after the violence erupted, it came to an end. In the wake of the violence, 35 city blocks were completely ruined, more than 800 people were reported being injured or dead. Historians now believe as many as 300 people may have died. This wasn’t only race riots between black and white. Some more include  Chicago Riot in 1919, Kansas City ties in 1968, and many more.  It is better off for the public safety of the community for black and white to be separated, to avoid these riots and violent protests. 

As we bring it back to the 1860s, Laws were made against race-mixing. Race Mixing is known as the marriage or combination between a man and a woman of a different race. The law the was made was known as   Anti-Miscegenation Law. This law criminalizes interracial of color marriage. This law was invented in 1864. This was more common to ban marriage between black and whites in the North and South. 

 

As we look at this case, we saw that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional, however, history repeats itself, and is better off for the black and white to stay separate for the well being and safety of their community and it is better for them to stay separate but equal.

Sources:

https://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/#flexible-content

https://www.history.com

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483