"Brown v. Board of Education": What it has Meant for America Analytical Essay by Top Papers

The paper looks at why the "Brown v. Board of Education" case was so important and how it changed the nature of US education. In particular, this paper argues that "Brown v. Board of Education" was historic because it overturned the Supreme Court decisions of the past - most of all "Plessy v. Ferguson" (1896) - that had guided and legitimated segregationist education in America for decades. The paper also shows how the 1954 decision was the initial step in a process which saw a more cosmopolitan kind of pedagogy emerge. The paper discusses the implications of this case for teachers, for affirmative action programs, and for control over the local education systems of America. The paper demonstrates how much of what constitutes our public school system today has its antecedents in "Brown v. Board of Education."