Segregated schools BANNED!

Brown v. Board of Education, was a case which appeared in front of the Supreme Court where a milestone decision came about deeming unconstitutional state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students. In the mock trial of Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka many arguments were made both for and against it. There were a couple of key arguments for both sides. Brown's side made two key arguments looking at John Harlen's dissent from the Plessy v. Ferguson case in which Harlen stated "in the eye of law their is no dominate race." The other key argument made was that of the 14th amendment citing due process and equal protection arguing that segregated schools were not actually equal as they had less financial support, lower pay, and worse buildings. The Board of Education had many arguments however I did not feel that they had much substance to it. Their two best arguments would be that previous examples of integration brought chaos and that separate but equal works. The second argument that was one of their stronger ones was that of potential harm for black students in integrated schools due to possible racism and poor treatment. Though the arguments made were of reason, they lacked enough substance to give life the their side of the case. That is why in the end if this case was retried Brown would win again and separate public schools for black and white students would remain unconstitutional.