In the 21st century, one would never imagine that schools were segregated, but in the 1900s, most schools in the South were. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that black and white schools must provide the same education and work environment. That year, a daughter named Ruby Bridges was born. Ruby ended up being the first black child to attend an all-white school in 1960, 6 years after the Supreme Court ruled that schools should be equal. The schools were obviously not equal in 1960, as Ruby's parents placed her in a better school. The desegregation of schools in the South did not happen as quickly as it should have. The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that school segregation is legal under the constitution. Linda Brown was a black girl in third grade and her father wanted to enroll her in an all-black school. His father tried to enroll him but the principal refused. His father was very angry so he went to the Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court declared: “Separate educational institutions are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold the ...