Brown+vs.+Board+of+education+Scripts


 * Facts leading up to the case. Michael K. **
 * What is your name and your occupation? **

My name is Oliver Brown and I am a reverend.

** Can you tell us a little bit about the build up to the case? **

I, along with twelve other parents went straight to the NAACP because my daughter was not admitted into an all-white school.

** We have heard that there were many other similar cases, why is this one under your name? **

Well, I was the only man in the group of parents, so they decided to call it Brown vs. The Board of Education.

** What happened in this case that captured national attention? **

This case was for civil rights, which was a very interesting and topic at the time because many African-Americans thought that this treatment was very biased. White people thought that this was the way it should be.

** What are some of the facts of the case? **

The case originated in Topeka, Kansas around an all-white school and an all-black school, and the treatment of African-Americans. My daughter was denied entrance into the white school, which we did not take very well. We sued Sumner Elementary, and the case eventually made its way up to the Supreme Court.

** What was the NAACP? **

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or the NAACP, was started in January of 1909. The association had hundreds of white and African-American clients in varying cases.

** What was your motivation for crossing over racial barriers? **

We felt that both whites and blacks should be treated equally, and we wanted our daughter to have a good education. The racial barriers needed to be challenged, and that is what we did. Ethan:

** Aaron petzold ** ** Robin Johnson ** ** Saji Rodman ** ** Ethan Shuler **

** Interviewer: **
 * Hi, I’m Aaron and I’m here with Earl Warren, Supreme Court Chief Justice. What is your opinion on white children and colored children attending the same school? **


 * Earl Warren: **
 * Education is the most important function that a child can get. I personally think that it is terribly wrong to deprive any child of education, despite their race. The majority of the supreme court agreed with me on that.When I thought of the innocent little children who were torn from home school friends, and congenial surroundings, I was conscience-stricken **


 * Interviewer: How is your decision on this case being enforced? **


 * Earl Warren: **
 * Many people disagreed with our decision of declaring segregation unconstitutional. The police must obey the law while enforcing the, In the end life and liberty can be as much as endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves. **


 * Interviewer: **
 * Why should everybody be equal? They were never equal before now. **


 * Earl Warren: **
 * “I believe the preservation of our civil liberties to be the most fundamental and important of all our governmental problems, because it always has been with us and always will be with us and if we ever permit those liberties to be destroyed, there will be nothing left in our system worthy of preservation. **


 * Interviewer: **
 * Thank you mr. Warren you have given us a great perspective of the Brown vs. Board of Education court case. **