Brown+v.+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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 * Using the the links provided, analyze the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. Cut and paste the information below into a new entry on your Unit 8 Online Notebook. ||


 * SETTING THE STAGE - [|Participate in The Road to Justice activity] Were you successful? What did your learn in the activity (just think about it ....) **
 * Yes, yes i was. African Americans had it very tough especially in schools. They had old books, had to walk, leaky roofs, no gym, no cafeteria. It was terrible. **


 * 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 lived in Topeka kansas **
 * ** Daughter had to walk 21 miles to nearest black school. **
 * ** White school only 7 blocks away. **
 * ** Thurgood Marshall said it wasn’t enough to have equal schools. Said segregation affected students and how they learned because they begin to think they are inferior. **
 * ** waited for 17 months until they unanimously decide to ban segregation in schools. **
 * ** Decided every American child has the right to an equal education. **


 * THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Link 1] ) **
 * List the major arguments of the plaintiffs **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">** • In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court had misinterpreted the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Equal protection of the laws did not allow for racial segregation. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">** • The Fourteenth Amendment allowed the government to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race including schools **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">** • The Fourteenth Amendment did not specify whether the states would be allowed to establish segregated education. Studies proved psychological affects of segregation on children. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c81919; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Link 1] ) **
 * List the major arguments of the Defendants **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">• The Constitution did not require white and African American children to attend the same schools. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Social separation of blacks and whites was a regional custom; the states should be left free to regulate their own social affairs. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Segregation was not harmful to black people. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">Whites were making a good faith effort to equalize the two educational systems. But because black children were still living with the effects of slavery, it would take some time before they were as good as whites to compete with them. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c81919; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check [|**Link 1**] ) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fred Vinson, supreme court chief justice, died and was in favor of upholding plessy. But Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as chief justice. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c81919; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check [|**Link 1**] and Link 2) **
 * What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">Producing a unanimous decision to overturn Plessy changed the course of American history **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c81919; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Link 1][|Video] ) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">The court said that the states can enforce it. It was small and (white) people hated it. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c81919; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE IMPACT and LEGACY (Check [|**Link 1**] ) **
 * What is the overall importance and legacy of Brown v. Board? **
 * It helped black americans gain more equality over the next 50 years and these days includes minorities, women, and disabled persons. **