Brown+vs.+Board+Script

Charlie Butler John Ostermeyer Dylan Ross

Interview Script

Topic-Impact and Legacy

Charlie: Thank you for coming to this interview, Mr. Brown. Can you tell us about yourself?

John: I am an assistant pastor at my local church in Topeka. After leading myself to believe that the idea of segregated schools to be unconstitutional. I brought it to the attention of the supreme court

Charlie: What caused you to challenge the board of education?

John: My daughter, Linda had to walk 21 blocks a day to go to her colored school where we live. Compared to the white school which is 7 blocks away, causing me to wonder if the idea of segregated schools is even constitutional. So with the help of the NAACP, I took it all the way to the Supreme Court. In which I won.

Charlie: What did the court case lead to for your local school and the other schools?

John: When my daughter went to the school that used to be only for whites to enroll, they denied her enrollment, saying that they didn’t care what the Supreme Court said. This led to the creation of Brown II. Which is the enforcing of integrated schools. That led to many other schools to go to integrated schools.

Charlie:Thank you for spending the time and answering our question. We appreciate your challenge.