The elasticity of the Constitution is clear when thinking of the cases Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education. The second case begins with Linda Brown. A 3rd grader who is forced to walk three miles along a railway to go the her "separate but equal" school in the Topeka School District. Linda was not allowed to attend a white school seven blocks away because of her race. Eventually the NAACP stepped into a case that had drawn significant attention. Many others faced these problems and soon argued that the segregated schools created an inferiority complex in the black children that was detracting from their education. The Topeka Board of Education then argued that the segregation was an sufficient representation of preparation for an adult life crippled by segregation. The case was reargued in the Supreme Court and they eventually ruled that it was creating idea that black schools were inferior to the one attended by white students. Therefore making the "separate but equal" decision from Plessy v. Ferguson unconstitutional. Despite this significant decision, the South would remain crippled with racism prevention blacks from achieving their full civil rights.
