Judge Shauna Graves-Robertson - Comments on Brown v. Board of Education

Brown was the crown jewel in a line of cases that drove the death nail in the doctrine of "separate but equal" in the educational arena. Brown, along with the 1950 case of Sweatt v. Painter personally affected me in two ways. First, these cases gave me the knowledge that if a legal education was what I wanted, no one could legally stop me from getting it. Second, and for me more importantly, these cases gave me role models. Whenever I have been faced with what I thought were barriers in my career, I have drawn strength from my three legal heros and "sheros," Robert L. Carter, Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley. These individuals paved the way that made my chosen career possible. It is now up to me, and others in the legal field, to ensure that the next generation will have the same opportunities we have had.

Judge Shauna Graves-Robertson from the Salt Lake County Justice Court.

Utah Minority Bar Association
c/o Utah State Bar, Law & Justice Center
645 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84111-3834
mailto: umbalaw@utahbar.org