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Finding basis in the positions taken by the northern and southern states, the aftermath of the American Civil War of between 1961 and 1965 had conflicting impacts on the two regions. The anti-slavery northern states had won the war and emancipation of all slaves was imposed on all of the United States of America. As the South had been pro-slavery, the loss of free labor for their cotton plantations was a hard blow therefore warranting the hostile treatment of blacks by their white counterparts in the south. In a bid to exert a form of superiority, racial segregation was rampant in all of the southern states’ social, educational, and economical settings.
Prior the Brown Decision of 1954, the white men imposed ‘separate but equal’ governance that saw to the provision of equal quality of services to the blacks but one that was separated from the whites. In turn, the whites managed to maintain their higher status while ensuring the liberated slaves held the lowest position in society. A good example is that, the blacks had the same quality of education but this was provided in different institutions separate from that of the white man.
The Brown Decision of 1954 was originally aimed at the education institutions in the South. However, the decision against the ‘separate but equal’ mode as it showed characteristics of segregation resulted in the southern whites being forced to share facilities and resources with the ex-slaves even outside the field of education. Therefore, the blacks attended the same schools with the whites, boarded the same means transport, and could sit with their ex-masters without breaking any kind of law in the region.
