Brown V. Board of Education
Oliver Brown, and thirteen other parents tried to enroll their children in the local "white schools" but were turned down because they were black. They were told they must go to one of the four schools in the city for African American children. At the time of the lawsuit, Blacks everywhere were not treated fairly. For every $150.00 spent on white children at the "white schools" only $50.00 was spent on African American children at the "black schools.". Browns name was put in the title because he was the first to launch a law suit.