Brown+vs.+Board+of+Education

//BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION//  **What would break the back of Jim Crow America? What role did education play in the movement to desgregate America?**


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**SETTING THE STAGE** - ** [|Participate in The Road to Justice activity] Were you successful? What did your learn in the activity (just think about it ....) ** I was successful. I learned that many of the colored schools had old books, rundown facilities and bad teachers. Compared to the nice white schools that have nice books, classrooms and bathrooms. That you would want to go to on a daily basis. Many who were colored and revolted the idea of segregated schools were hated on and threatened. So it was safe to not express your opinion. Which takes away there right.

** THE BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check [|video], [|Link 1] , [|Link 2] , [|Link 3] )** Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the __cases__ brought to the Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education - -NAACP filed suit on behalf of Oliver Brown because his duagther needed to walk 21 blocks to her black school compared to the white school which was 7 blocks away. -The reason this and many more cases went through is because they were all going against the constitution. -The courts rarely agree on a racial problem in the south. Majority in the favor of the defendant against the minority. -They all have to do with African Americans going against segregation

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs

-It interferes with the childrens learning. -The idea of separate but equal is wrong. -The 14th Admendment is not being practiced. - The Supreme COurt misinterpreted the 14th in the Plessy vs. Ferguson.

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants

-Constitution did not state anything about equal education. -The states should be left free to regulate their own social affairs. -Was unequal due to children adjusting from slavery. -No one was harmed.

** THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact?

Justice Fred Vinson died, and President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as chief justice. His leadership in producing a unanimous decision to overturn Plessy changed the course of American history. And the tide on opinion for the Courts.

** THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)** What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision?

Earl Warren wrote the decision saying that the segregated schools were unconstitutional and that they shall be overturned,

**ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] ** [|Video] ) What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement?

It may happen over time, Brown II came in and said that you must integrate schools which sparked the South Carolina fight back on state rights.

**THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//?

Fifty years after the Brown decision, the movement has come to include racial and ethnic minorities, women, people with disabilities, and other groups, each demanding equal opportunity. Opening new doors for the future and sparking more fights for civil rights.