▁because ▁it ▁was ▁for ▁white ▁children ▁only . ▁Clark ▁su ed ▁the ▁school ▁board ▁claim ing ▁that ▁the ▁school ▁was ▁viol ating ▁Iowa ' s ▁law ▁and ▁the ▁state ▁constitution ▁by ▁the ▁way ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁seg reg ating ▁the ▁school . ▁The ▁district ▁court ▁agreed ▁with ▁Clark ▁that ▁the ▁school ▁district ▁was ▁viol ating ▁the ▁state ▁constitution , ▁but ▁the ▁school ▁board ▁decided ▁to ▁appeal ▁the ▁decision ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁The ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁sust ained ▁the ▁lower ▁court ▁r uling , ▁striking ▁down ▁school ▁seg reg ation . ▁Judge ▁Ch ester ▁C . ▁Cole ▁stayed ▁with ▁his ▁decision ▁that ▁schools ▁that ▁were ▁seg reg ated ▁were ▁incons istent ▁with ▁the ▁Iowa ▁constitution ▁and ▁that ▁schools ▁were ▁required ▁to ▁educ ate ▁all ▁children . ▁An ▁important ▁thing ▁to ▁note ▁about ▁this ▁case ▁is ▁that ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 8 5 8 , ▁it ▁was ▁provided ▁that ▁the ▁district ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁" sh all ▁provide ▁for ▁the ▁education ▁of ▁the ▁colored ▁youth s ▁in ▁separate ▁schools , ▁except ▁in ▁cases ▁where , ▁by ▁the ▁un anim ous ▁consent ▁of ▁the ▁persons ▁sending ▁to ▁the ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁sub - d istrict , ▁they ▁may ▁be ▁permitted ▁to ▁attend ▁with ▁the ▁white ▁youth s ." ▁This ▁act ▁was , ▁however , ▁declared ▁un const itution al ▁in ▁December , ▁ 1 8 5 8 , ▁by ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court , ▁because ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁education ▁was ▁given ▁by ▁the ▁constitution ▁to ▁the