This essay explores the case of Brown v. BOE of Topeka, Kansas

Is Separate Equal? The Reversal of Plessy V. Ferguson Imagine that you are a pre-teen child walking into school for the first time. As you walk through the front doors to your new second home, other children stare you down from every angle. Children spit on you and others knock your books out of your hands. After you reach the end of the gauntlet, an adult with the aura of a prosecutor confronts you. A …

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