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=1950's South- Brown Vs. Board of Education =

Clayton Buller
In the 1950's racial tensions were flaring as a group of colored kids could not get them into the closer and white school that was available at the time. Thomson Reuters, the owner of FindLaw.com stated, "Brown's daughter Linda, a third grader, had to walk six blocks to her school bus stop to ride to Monroe Elementary, her segregated black school one mile (1.6 km) away, while Sumner Elementary, a white school, was seven blocks from her house" (Reuters). Oliver L. Brown was the man that stood out amongst the other segregated parents who wanted their kids to Sumner Elementary. This eventually led to the desegregation of schools. This was not accepted by everyone though, as seen through the Massive Resistance movement. This turn of events built the foundation for the desegregation of America. The last member of the group of parents that were on Mr. Brown's side died in may of 2008. This was a step towards equality amongst the races, but there was still a long ways to go until everything was counted as and viewed as equal among all American peoples.

Reuters, Thomson. "FindLaw | Cases and Codes." //FindLaw: Cases and Codes//. FindLaw, 2009. Web. 30 Nov. 2009. .