Brown V. Board of education is considered a huge step forward in the fight for civil rights in the United States. It broke a precedent that had been standing in the United States for almost a hundred years. "Separate but equal" was a common term that was far from its name. Institutions were indeed separate, but not equal. This specific case was sparked with the specific example of Lind Brown who had to travel a ridiculous amount for a girl in grade school, one mile of it through a railroad yard. Even though there was a white school near her house, they refused to let her attend there, which would later spark the court case backed by the NAACP. But the fight continued to more than just Linda Brown, it was over whether African American children were affected by this separation. When the decision was finally announced that it found in favor of Brown, it broke a precedent, but it would be another fourteen years until the civil right s movement was in full swing, and then, lawfully everyone would be treated equally.
