"Protesters Marching"
Louisa Holt is a psychology professor at Kansas University. She testified that supported English’s idea on how segregation in public schools can adversely affect the learning performance. Holt explained how the black students will work harder because they do not want to be inferior to the white students and wants to show them that they are worth more, which can lead to higher performances. This testimony caught the courts and spectator’s attention. Horace English, a psychology professor from Ohio’s testimony was the most important from the case. She testified on the negative effects segregation has on education. She said that if the state lowers their expectations, it will adversely affect their education performance. Goodell, opposed what English testified saying that a performance was never tested of the two schools and the results were never compared between an all black schools and an integrated school. Most of the plaintiffs had similar testimonies; accusing the policy of segregation for having their children attend a school far away from home. Unlike the other plaintiffs, Silas Fleming’s testimony stood out. He wanted the black and white students to be together and grow up together starting from childhood to junior high.
Robert Carter believed that the Supreme Court will prove him right and they are wrong. And that the key of winning against the court is showing segregation can affect the education that black students receive in a poor way. He later found witnesses to support the case. Arthur Saville was the first witness of this case. He is a former member of the Topeka school board that was fired less than three months before the case. He is aware of all of the school’s recent conditions. Carter, who found Saville wished to investigate about the reasons about the school’s board policy of segregation. Judge Huxman did not allow the questioning to be continued saying that it is irrelevant to the case whether if the school board’s policy violated the equal protection rights or not. The second witness of this case was Ken McFarland. He was the former Superintendent of Schools that was fired for his financial scandal. Him too, knew all of the school’s recent condition. Carter pointed that black students had to walk long miles to go to school and back. McFarland defended and said the district supplied the students with buses for black students only and not the white students to help the students go to school that were far from home.
Robert Carter believed that the Supreme Court will prove him right and they are wrong. And that the key of winning against the court is showing segregation can affect the education that black students receive in a poor way. He later found witnesses to support the case. Arthur Saville was the first witness of this case. He is a former member of the Topeka school board that was fired less than three months before the case. He is aware of all of the school’s recent conditions. Carter, who found Saville wished to investigate about the reasons about the school’s board policy of segregation. Judge Huxman did not allow the questioning to be continued saying that it is irrelevant to the case whether if the school board’s policy violated the equal protection rights or not. The second witness of this case was Ken McFarland. He was the former Superintendent of Schools that was fired for his financial scandal. Him too, knew all of the school’s recent condition. Carter pointed that black students had to walk long miles to go to school and back. McFarland defended and said the district supplied the students with buses for black students only and not the white students to help the students go to school that were far from home.