Summary Of Free At Last By Sara Bullard

In the article “Free at last” by Sara Bullard the parents of black children are upset and confused why their kids get treated differently for schools. The parents of Linda Brown were confused by why there children had to go do different schools as the white children's school. Harry Briggs was mad that the white children's school got funded more than the black school. Also Ethel Belton was upset why the children had to take long bus trips to get to school so she took her complaints to the court and then the NAACP got involved. The NAACP is the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People. It was formed in 1910 by both black and white leader. The NAACP was a legal campaign against racial injustice. After them losing their case

in the lower court, so they brought their case to the Supreme Court, and they won. They won because the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal. But then explained that even if the schools for blacks were in good condition as the school for whites there would be no true equality as long as segregation still existed. Many Southern whites were upset by this and believed that blacks did not deserve the same education as whites. They didn't want their children going attending the same schools as black children. The Southern governors stated they would abide by the court's ruling. The Southern Manifesto was issued by at southern congressmen demanding the court to reverse the Brown decision. Although the blacks lost their case even with the Supreme Court they were not discouraged because the Brown decision gave them great hope and they knew that times were changing. Even though they lost their case they never gave up and they knew times were changing.