Brown+V.+Board

 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?**//




 * 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.** ||  ||=   ||
 * 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]**

Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the cases brought to the Supreme Court
 * BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check video, [|Link 1], [|Link 2], [|Link 3])**
 * parents wanted 7 year old to go to all white school to get a better education that was closer to home
 * Although Topeka, Kansas was segregated, it wasn't nearly as bad as the deep south
 * Only elementary schools were segregated, and there were four black elementary schools
 * Many parents were angered by this use of segregation, and so they challenged it in the case known as Brown v. Board of education Topeka, Kansas
 * This was not Kansas' first segregation case; there were 12 others
 * The problem of segregation had been pertinent for some time; the case got many people intrigued and interested in what was going to happen


 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1])**
 * 14th amendment- equal protection of the law didn't allow for racial segregation
 * No specification if states could allow segregated education, separate cannot be equal
 * Psychological testing harmed the minds of African American children


 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1])**
 * Separating blacks and whites is a regional issue and therefore the states decision
 * segregation didn’t hurt the blacks
 * because blacks were former slaves, they weren’t as educated and smart as white children so they had to be put in separate schools
 * constitution did not say blacks and white needed to go to the same schools

Justice Fred Vison died, and eisenhower appointed Earl warren as chief justice. He persuaded the rest of the court to overture the Plessy decision. This lead to the Brown vs. board case decision.
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**]**)**

The court decided that it was unconstitutional to segregate schools because of the 14th amendment, the section about equal protection.
 * THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**

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

The court said "with all deliberate speed," in other words not telling states when exactly to end segregation of schools, leading to segregationists resisting. Although many whites welcomed the new way of life, many opposed, shown in the picture below. However, in the long run schools became less segregated and the law did eventually become enforced. 

What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//? After this decision, the schools were still segregated and the Southerners were not prepared change. This inspired other racial and ethnic groups to fight for equal opportunity.
 * THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**]**)**