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Roberts v. City of Boston 1849
The Roberts family wanted to have their daughter Sarah go to a school with only white children attending it in Boston. The verdict that the court gave was schools should be "equal, but separate." This event is significant because it was the first recorded official ground for segregation by race to stop. This event also started the shift for things to become equal between schools that were segregated by race.
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The Freedmen's Bureau
Congress had made this act to establish a foundation to provide education as well as basics needs (food, clothing, shelter, etc.) to former slaves. This event was important because it saw African American educators come from it as well as African American operated schools. And over the course of 4 years they made a total of 4,329 freedmen's school that had both boys and girls enrolled in them.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Homer Plessy was riding a train and had taken a seat on a white only section that was vacant. This resulted in him being arrested and sent to jail. However, the court case after had lasting effects on the African American community. The ruling was everything could remain serrated if everything was equal. This effected the school system because it brought up again how unequal the schools were.
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Brown v. Board of Education
Oliver Brown's daughter, Linda Brown, was denied entrance to Topeka's all-white schools. This caused Oliver Brown to file a law suit against the board of education of Topeka. This case went all the way up to the Supreme Court when they ruled in favor of Brown. This event paved the way for African Americans to go to what were once before all-white schools. It also showed that "separate, but equal" wasn't so equal after all.
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Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges became the first African American student to attend an all white school at the age of six in Mississippi. This event was huge because it started breaking down the racial walls and barriers that were previously standing strong. This was also a very influential act because it showed to other people that they could do this as well and before long people were going to schools together regardless of race.
Source: (Groveport Madison Schools, 2022)