. This organization was founded in 1909 by sixty black and white citizens. In 1910 they published Crisis, a magazine that covered achievements for blacks in the arts, business and several other social fields. Most of the NAACPs efforts where focused on anti-lynching laws and gaining civil rights for blacks without discrimination. When they heard of Oliver Browns problem they were eager to help. So in 1951 the NAACP requested an injunction that would outlaw the segregation of Topekas schools. Their defense was that not only were the schools inherently equal, what with the conditions of the schools themselves, but also that it was detrimental to black childrens education and future to be living with such segregation. Black children must learn to associate with white children who are a large percentage of the population in order for their curriculum not to be curtailed. The Board of Educations defense was that black children should learn in segregated schools because they lived in a segregated society and would for the rest of their lives, therefore teaching them at a young age the way society is will prepare them for the future. They also argued that such blacks as Washington Carver and Frederick Douglas went to segregated schools and became great successes.The request for the injunction left the court with a difficult decision to make. On the one hand they agreed that a sense of inferiority affects the motivation of a child to learn but on the other hand no Supreme Court had overruled the ruling of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. Because of this the court decided to rule in favor of The Board of Education. The NAACP appealed to the Supreme Court that same year but this time they had other cases that challenged segregation in South Carolina, Virginia and Delaware. The case was first heard by the Supreme Court in 1952, but they could not come to any decision. It was reheard the following year and the Court requested that both s...
