Brown v. Board of Education Speech

 In Brown v. Board of Education, Linda Brown was denied admittance to a certain public school in Topeka because of her race. This was taken to court and was ruled that the segregation of children in schools, based on their race, is unconstitutional. This case overruled the "separate but equal" principle based on the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment.

"In the 1950s segregation laws in many states prohibited African American children and white children from attending the same schools. Linda Brown, an African American girl, could not attend a less-crowded white school a few blocks from her home in Topeka. This is unacceptable for our children to have to deal with this at such a young age. There are instances where adults have put their differences aside and came together for the betterment of this country. Children and their education should not be segregated either, so all our children can receive the same education and grow up the same. In 1948, President Truman signed Executive Order 9981. This Executive Order creates the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. This order also mandated the desegregation of our military. President Truman stated “It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.” At many bases in the Jim Crow South, the Air Force ignored local segregation laws, operating integrated housing, schools, stores, and recreation facilities for the airmen and their families. If we can have communities that are not segregated for our African American soldiers, and these same communities did not result in any problems, we should be able to do the same for all America. We should not have to be in wartime for segregation to end temporarily. If they can die together for our country, they should be allowed to work together and have equal resources outside of wartime. If these kids grow up together, go to school together, and create friendships with each other, we are teaching our generation to stray away from the norms of segregation before the war and create new generations of change in this country."

This is my speech defending Linda Brown.