▁seg reg ate ▁students ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁race . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 7 , ▁Susan ▁Clark , ▁a ▁ 1 2 - year - old ▁African ▁American , ▁su ed ▁the ▁local ▁school ▁board ▁of ▁Mus cat ine , ▁Iowa , ▁because ▁she ▁was ▁refused ▁adm itt ance ▁into ▁Gram mar ▁school ▁no . ▁ 2 ▁under ▁the ▁notion ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁white ▁school ▁only . ▁Clark , ▁in ▁her ▁law suit , ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁seg reg ation ▁was ▁a ▁viol ation ▁of ▁Iowa ▁law ▁and ▁the ▁Iowa ▁State ▁Constitution . ▁Iowa ▁trial ▁court ▁and ▁state ▁district ▁court ▁s ided ▁with ▁Clark . ▁On ▁appeal , ▁the ▁Iowa ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁u ph eld ▁the ▁district ▁court ' s ▁decision . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁nation ▁was ▁still ▁recover ing ▁from ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁when ▁Clark ▁v . ▁Board ▁of ▁School ▁Direct ors ▁was ▁argued ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 , ▁and ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁" N eg ro ▁suff rage " ▁divided ▁I ow ans ▁on ▁party ▁lines . ▁Seg reg ation ▁was ▁the ▁norm ▁and ▁continued ▁for ▁dec ades ▁after , ▁but ▁the ▁decision ▁of ▁this ▁case ▁integrated ▁Iowa ▁schools ▁almost ▁a ▁century ▁before ▁the ▁land mark ▁Brown ▁v . ▁Board ▁of ▁Education ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁case ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 . ▁▁ ▁In ▁this ▁case , ▁it ▁was ▁decided ▁twice ▁that ▁each ▁school ▁district ▁in ▁Iowa ▁needed ▁to ▁provide ▁education ▁to ▁all ▁children ▁in ▁the ▁district , ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁disc rim inate