blic schools unconstitutional. Expert testimony from African Americans like Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and George Washington Carver influenced the CourtÆs decision. The judges agreed with such expert testimony when they wrote, ôSegregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored childrenàA sense of inferiority affects the motivation of a child to learnö (Cozzens 1). In a direct blow to the precedent set in Plessy v. Ferguson, the High Court ruled, ôWe conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of æseparate but equalÆ has no placeö (Cozzens 2).
Many of the decisions of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren were aimed at increasing equality, especially racial and criminal justice equality. Thought the decision in Brown v. Board of Education required the desegregation of schools across America, actual desegregation of schools would not come any time soon after. Further, the decision in Brown v. Board of Education did not require desegregation of other public areas such as restaurants or restrooms. However, by invalidating the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, the decision handed down in Brown v. Board of Education was a giant leap toward complete desegregation of U.S. public schools.
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