Question

If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane. How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

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Answer:

In Brown vs Board of Education, the supreme court ruled that black students cannot be segregated from white students because segregation represents a violation of the fourteenth amendment, which establishes equal legal rights for all people, regardless of sex, gender, race or origin.

Before Brown vs Board of Education, schools were segregated under the justification that black people and white people were separate, but equal. This means that if a black school is not worse in terms of qualities and facilities than a white school, then, the black school is achieving its purpose of educating black children, and black children are being protected under the 14th amendment.

Brown vs Board of Education overulled previous decisions in this topic. It relates to the concept of civil rights in that non-segregated education for black people is one of their civil rights, and with Brown vs Board of Education, this right became constitutionally protected.