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?**

**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 won! I sued the school and kept going back to court until I was allowed to go to a better school. From this, I learned how many people were either for segregation or tried to deny it or just lived with it. I also realized how hard it really was for an African American to get a decent education.
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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.** ||  ||=   ||

** 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 ** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs ** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants
 * Segregated elementary schools, and the harmful psychological effects of segregation on African American children
 * decision: plaintiff (brown) was over ruled.
 * location: Topeka, Kansas.
 * The Fourteenth Amendment allowed the government to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race, including segregation in public schools.
 *  Equal protection of the laws did not allow for racial segregation.
 * Segregation was harmful to the mind of African American Children
 * The Constitution did not require white and African American children to attend the same schools.
 * states should regulate racial issues
 * Segregation was not harmful to black people.


 * blacks were still recovering from the effects of slavery

** THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (ce theck** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact? In 1953, Chief Justice Vinson died, which left a significant gap in the court. President Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as chief justice. His leadership in overturning the Plessy case, as well as others, changed the course of American History.

** THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)** What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision? The Supreme Court decided that there was no clear evidence either way about school segregation in the fourteenth amendment. However, he said that the present issue was not the same as the past. They declared school segregation unconstitutional. **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? The court said that the ruling should be enforced with all possible speed. This was rather vague, and as a result the enforcement went down the drain. **THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)**  What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//?  First of all, it did desegregate the school system, and it raised the issues of racial and ethnic minorities, women, people with disabilities, etc.