stice Warren accounced that he was ready to read the Court's opiniooon int he case of Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. He reviewed the facts of the case first; from the plaintiffs' claims to the decisions of the lower court. He continued with commenting that segregated schools damage African American students by generating "a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlike ever to be done." (74) Warren then went on to say:"We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine or 'seperate, but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated... are... deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment." (74)Unfortunatly, there were many uproars that were against the Supreme Court's decision. Some states refused to make any move toward integration. For example, Orval Faubua, govenor of Arkansas called in the National Guard when everal black children tried to attend a previously all white school in Little Rock. The childeren underwent a great deel of turmoil as white parents and others blocked the way for the black students. Finally, President Eisenhower sent five hundred paratroopers to enforce the new court order. On the other hand, integration went by smoothly in some parts of the country. Soon, integration became the norm throughout all areas of social life. (Kraft 124+)Although it took a great deal of work, and effort Brown vs. The Board of Education proved to be the most important Supreme Court case of the twentieth century. With the help of the NAACP, and the intelligence and strategy of Thurgood Marshall, segregation was eliminated; and the idea of "seperate, but equal" was no longer accepted. Historian David Halberstam stated in his history of the 1950's:"The Brown vs. The Board of Education...
