In his article Adam Fairclough (2006) recalled a statement by Horace Tate. I think desegregation is something we all can support. This is in no way an advocation for segregation. This post is designed to bring insight into the treatment that many black educators were met with after Brown, and to look at how black students perform when they are racially matched with at least one teacher. One of the consequences of Brown was the loss of many black educators. While Brown was crucial in overturning the separate but equal doctrines that permeated nearly every aspect of society, we have still not arrived. Soon to be followed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This victory was fuel for the Civil Rights Movement. The Board of Education of Topeka. In their decision, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court decided on the landmark case of Brown v.