BHM: Education for all following Brown v. Board of Education
DELMARVA – Brown v. Board changed the way education was conducted in America.
After this case people of all races were able to join in classrooms without racial issues. It all started with Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, first Black president of Howard University. He began picking different individuals to run different departments and the overall objective of Jim Crow. Also lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston who took a look at Plessy v. Ferguson, the decision says separate but equal accommodations. Houston goes to different states and identifies the various facilities that are separate but not equally funded. A local professor says this is important, however, it’s also a matter of the type of education.
“Our education is an ongoing fight that we have to make sure we get the quality and the cost of college education back down so future generations will not be burdened by debt,” Dr. Anton House emphasizes.
Brown v. Board of education is made of 5 cases. Thurgood Marshall unpacks some of these issues focusing on equal education for African Americans. The case itself is asks the state where is equality in education?
“Looking at the issues in response to funding and African Americans not having equal access to education and since the states can properly fund the Black facilities with the same standards and dollar sign of the white facilities. The overall objective was to integrate,” Dr. House says.
The professor also says that now schools include all races and ethnic groups. But looking more into education, some schools still do not receive the same amount of funding. The professor says this is a problem of the 21st century and if we are a republic, we need to make sure to pay teachers not only what they deserve but also make sure students are becoming more critical. Dr. House says having access to a college education is so important. Emphasizing the importance of education, people can learn at these institutions to make informed decisions and hold their elected officials accountable.
“The University is a great experience: learning about the good, the bad, the ugly about your college, it is then up to you to change and make America the country – the nation that we want it to be,” Dr. House concludes.
