Until the mid-1950s, less than a century ago, African-American children
             from certain states were forced to attend different schools from their
             white counterparts. Segregation pervaded almost every aspect of society,
             however: blacks used separate washrooms, drinking fountains, and eating
             facilities. In the early 1950s, the NAACP helped to bring several cases
             before the Supreme Court to prove that school segregation in particular was
             harmful to black children and was a direct violation of the fourteenth
             amendment to the United States Constitution. Although judges in Kansas
             ruled in favor of the Board of Education initially, the Supreme Court
             eventually overturned the "separate but equal" laws in the landmark
             decision known as Brown versus Board of Education. If I had been on the
             panel of Supreme Court judges in the mid-1950s, when that case was decided,
             I would have ruled similarly but with further demands to quickly and
             universally end segregation in all aspects of society.
             Although the case focused exclusively on the American public school
             system, I would have issued a statement alongside my decision that would
             have encouraged the NAACP and any other civil rights organization to pursue
             more cases regarding segregation. The Brown versus Board of Education
             decision is a great start, as it sets the pace of society through its
             children. Exposing African-American children to gross inequality at early
             ages prepares them to feel like inferior members of society. This in turn
             promotes racism and creates a culture based on the unequal treatment of
             people of color. The public schools that black children attended were
             poorly funded and staffed in relation to white schools. Unfortunately, that
             situation still exists today in the 21st century, decades after the Brown
             versus Board of Education was decided, but this is an issue that cannot be
             solved in the courtroom but rather with a total re...