Evolution Of The Brown Decision, With African Americans The Right To Education

The United States of America is known as melting pot to the world, it's racial structure is complicated. According to United States Census Bureau, the African Americans make up13%of the American populations and become important part of the population. Hence, African American's education issue should no longer be neglected. Their education is different from the main stream education received by the whites, so there must be a in-depth understanding of their education problems before making thorough and effective change to their education. Since the moment the blacks were sold as slave labor to America, they have been fighting hard for liberty and equality. Their education history, is part of the fighting of racist and slavery to acquire equal education opportunity. From racial separation to "separate but equal" to the separation being abolished, the African American have paid a lot of efforts. To understand their education condition in the U.S. at the time where racial conflicts still existed, we need to understand the African American Education. This article focused on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and discuss the history of African American education, the social impact of Brown v. Board of Education and the current African American's education condition using literature review, historical method and case study method. It was clearly pointed out that racial separation and discrimination existed for a prolonged period of time and suggest strategies to improve their education quality. Through the review of African American Education's development and the process fighting for equal education, it provides valuable reference to improve the education for China's minority groups.The thesis is divided into five chapters:Chapter1, Introduction of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Discuss the history of African American Education under racial separation. Analyze both positive and negative impact to African American's education after the case.Chapter2, Focus on the development of African American's fight for education equality. The court's decision to abolish "separation but equal" is a great moment of the history. To ensure the decision by the court can be implemented efficiently, the government has launched different lawful procedures. In the new centuries, President Barack Obama has improved the situation since his winning as President of the U.S. In a nut shell, even though there are a series of event happened to improve the education for African American, racial discrimination still exist.Chapter3, Discuss the following5aspects:Challenges for African American to obtain equal education, protest of racial separation area, the mis-implementation of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, African American's social status in the U.S and traditional culture.Chapter4, Conclusion derived from the previous analysis in Chapter3shows that the inequality of African American education is rooted by racial discriminate and couldn't be abandoned for a long period of time. Propose that the community should get out of "Tuskegee Road" and African American led education for African American Community as reference.Chapter5, Based on the understanding of the history of this issue, propose3strategies to improve and benefit the development of education for the minority groups in China.