Charles Houston was a black lawyer, the best there was. He felt blacks were being discriminated against due to a case known as Plessy vs. Ferguson. This case said segregation is legal, as long as facilities are equal. It also considered segregation not to be considered a form of discrimination. Houston believed this "dragon" had to be killed. To do this, he needed to destroy Plessy. The best way to do this, Houston believed, was in schools, as they affected nearly everyone in the United States.

He took one of his best law students to South Carolina to document school conditions in the South. In one county under the "separate but equal" ruling, a black elementary school's facilities would not provide books for black students. They used old books thrown away by the white schools. The county wouldn't provide anything to the school but the teacher's salary.

He does this through several cases with one being Pearson v. Clarendon County. This case involved a black principal asking for several school buses for the black children of his school. There is one child in particular that has to walk to school for several miles. This case was dismissed on a land technicality and was dismissed. Later it was re-filed and received the name Briggs v. Elliot. Thurgood lost this case in Federal District Court and appealed to the Supreme Court.

In these cases, Dr. Kenneth Clark showed that segregation makes blacks feel inferior, especially in children. He tested several black children in a method using dolls. There were two white dolls, a male and female, and two black dolls. When kids were asked to pick out the "good" doll, they would pick a white female or white male. When asked to pick the "bad" dolls, black dolls were picked. When they were asked to pick the doll most like them, they either picked a white doll because they wanted to be like white children, or they wouldn't answer. They knew they weren't like the white dolls but wanted to be. If they picked the white doll over the black doll they felt they would get in trouble. This proved that the black children tested expected to be rejected, unlike white children.

Though there seemed to be enough evidence in elementary schools to start a court case, blacks were not willing to stand up for their rights or the rights of their children. Houston decided to start with cases in graduate law schools. Winning a case of this proportion would have a ripple effect on the entire nation. Winning would allow a precedent to be established that would most likely be challenged up to the Supreme Court.

Dr. Louisa Holt, a white woman, decided to help in court. She said the image of yourself is based on how others react and treat you. She also said the earlier wounds, such as segregation, are inflicted the longer they will be there. She also believ

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