The Constitution states that "all men are created equal," but this statement did not accurately portray America until long after it was written. About 150 years ago, after the Civil War at the beginning of the Reconstruction era, America promised racial equality. The beginning of the 20th century proved the opposite. New laws and customs were created that established a segregated society in which African Americans were inferior to whites. The boys and girls who lived in this country and who wanted to acquire a good education were not allowed to attend the same school. If you weren't Caucasian, you were sent to a different school, miles away from the nearest all-white school. One day a little African American girl, Linda Brown, was not accepted into the all-white school closest to her school and was forced to travel a significant distance to school at just 9 years old because she was African American. The nearest all-white school was seven blocks away, and Linda had to walk six blocks just to catch the “black school bus.” His father, Oliver Brown, disagreed that this should be the case, especially after the "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy v. was established. Ferguson. This disagreement with the law led Brown to take his dissatisfaction with the public school system to court. His case made it all the way to the Supreme Court providing many other great African American people in society the motivation to fight for their rights. Today, Oliver Brown's case is considered one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century. The Brown case is just one of five cases involving the issue of segregation in public schools that make up the case Brown vs. Board of Education. These five cases include; Brown v. Board or...... middle of document ...... Ontgomery bus boycotts and march on Washington. Without the Brown v. Board of Education case, great civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks would not be well known today. In fact, schools would still be segregated today if it weren't for the Brown v. Board of Education case. The case Brown v. Board of Education established that education was not equal and that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. Without the help of the Brown v. Board of Education case, widely populated areas like New York City would not be so different. Today, while we have not yet fully achieved racial equality, we have advanced much further in the “battle” because of Brown v. Board of Education. All in all, in today's society one can clearly see how the Brown v. Board case has affected America over the years ’50..