Hi, Darlene! I agree with you. It was the right decision but the logic was faulty and the implementation horrible! The key logic of the case came down to the research by Kenneth and Mamie Clark with the doll test that showed Black children preferring white dolls. The test was of Black students in segregated and nonsegregated schools. The lawyers presented the research as if separate schools fostered inferiority complexes. But the full research suggested that Black students in nonsegregated schools in Massachusetts were even more likely to prefer the white dolls! That makes sense. Before the case went to the Supreme Court, Southern school administrators had started to increase the funding for Black schools because they didn’t want to desegregate and integrate. They were more willing to put up money. Now, we are faced with the same problems and they don’t want to do either. They think they are done and they never started. Additionally, it is very likely that school segregation would have crumbled because there were other pressures, challenges, and cases to desegregate other spaces. If Marshall and his colleagues had waited and established a precedent of looking at and fixing inequalities we may have been in better shape. It’s also important to note that some of the plaintiffs, lawyers, and students had regrets — including Linda Brown. It’s all hindsight. We need the money!