Wicht Hunt Trials Vs Mc Carthy Trials

Karonlay Valencia

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BROWN Vs. BOARD OF EDUCATION

The year was 1950. While other children were running, playing and doing their homework, one little girl was simply trying to get an education. When Linda Carol Brown was seven years old, she became the center of a major court battle that would set a precedent for segregation laws everywhere. Linda was required to attend the Monroe School in East Topeka, Kansas, because it was twenty blocks away from her home and because it was one the four all-black schools in the city. After Linda's father tried unsuccessfully to enroll her in the third grade in an all-white public school further away, he teamed up with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to fight her unfair exclusion. This Kansas law suit, along with similar law suits from Delaware, South Carolina and Virginia, were all compiled under the heading of "Brown v. the Board of Education". The momentous decision that was made two years later is still viewed as one of the most important and significant rulings that the High Court has made in the last century.

1. The Brown vs. Department of education ruling relates to “No Child Left Behind” act, in the way that the court case wanted to balance the right of education in every school, for every child, leaving aside the race. The “No Child Left Behind” act is a national wide program designed for the equality in education for every child, in every public school, Offering the same opportunities and resources for every community.

2. The government played and plays and important role in the education field, providing all the necessary and additional resources and support to the school system, through the board of education. The Brown ruling is not that different to the laws that we have now days related with NCLB act, both are focused in the equality of education for every child, allowing people know their rights, and encouraging them to practice these rights as citizens.

3. The main issue that was focused on in this case was whether or not the 14th Amendment was violated by denying education in a specific school simply due to race. The Amendment that was focused on stated, in summary, that no person, who is a citizen of the United States, should be denied equal protections under the law or the right to life, liberty or property. What had to be decided was if segregation fell under the idea of equal protections. This was a major issue because seventeen states were still segregating their schools, four states gave the option of segregation to the school districts, eleven states had no specific laws regarding segregation and sixteen states flatly prohibited it. By May 17, 1954, four years after Linda Brown's rejection from the school in Topeka, Kansas, the Supreme Court had reached a unanimous decision. Chief Justice Earl Warren stated:

4. "To separate [elementary- and secondary-school

children] from others of similar age and

qualifications solely because of their