Youthful Perspective on Brown vs. Board of Education
Three African American boys wryly consider the possibility of attending desegregated schools, the intended result of the Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling on the Brown vs. Board of Education case, which called for integration of public schools. Condemning the decision, governors of Southern states vowed to circumvent the ruling and integration was impeded for years. In his work, African American cartoonist Oliver Harrington sharply criticized the race situation in the United States and displayed notable sensitivity to the plight of young black children.
Three African American boys wryly consider the possibility of attending desegregated schools, the intended result of the Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling on the <em>Brown vs. Board of Education</em> case, which called for integration of public schools. Condemning the decision, governors of Southern states vowed to circumvent the ruling and integration was impeded for years. In his work, African American cartoonist Oliver Harrington sharply criticized the race situation in the United States and displayed notable sensitivity to the plight of young black children.