Board of Education
Attorneys for the school board of Topeka, Kansas argued that the schools that were occupied by the African Americans were equal in every way to the white schools. They also stated that they followed the Plessy v. Ferguson case standards. The classes, buildings, and the quality of teachers of both schools were very comparable. In fact, some programs designated for colored children were actually better than those offered at the schools for whites. They pointed to the plessy decision to support segregation and argued that they had good, faith created, equal facilities; even though races were segregated. Furthermore, they argued that discrimination by race did not harm the children.