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?** No segregation between whites and blacks. Due to the Supreme Court case Brown v Board it made schools no longer segregated. Whites and Blacks would go to school together.

**Using 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**] **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 trial begins in Topeka, Kansas were there is 4 schools for blacks.
 * in Topeka, buses and railroads were integrated but many other places were segregated, not by law but by practice.
 * The NAACP took this to court arguing that their 14th Amendment was being taken away
 * this wasn't the first case about educational segregation, the first one was in 1849.
 * The Brown v Board case was a huge turning point in racial segregation.
 * Cases much like the Brown case also occurred in Deleware, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington DC. Not all were successful in integrating schools.
 * These cases were put under one name, Oliver Brown v The Board Of Education of Topeka.
 * None of these cases would've stood a chance unless the gallant people of the NAACP took a stand, which they did.

**MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF** **(for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs **MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS** **(for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants
 * In the case Plessy v Ferguson, the Supreme Court misinterpreted the 14th amendment which includes the protection clause. Equal protection of laws didn't approve segregation.
 * The 14th Amendment allowed the federal government to stop segregation of race in the states
 * 14th Amendment didn't say that the states had to make integrated schools
 * Psychologically, segregation affected many young African Americans.
 * Constitution didn't force schools to be integrated.
 * Social separation was the state government's job not the national government's.
 * Segregation was not a trouble for black people
 * The blacks are so behind because of slavery so they can't integrate schools.

**THE CHANGE IN THE COURT** **(leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened, and what was its impact? There was a new chief Justice and he overturned the rule on the Plessy v Ferguson hearing. Separate but equal was not constitutional. What did the Court decide? The court decided that schools should be integrated.
 * THE COURT DECISION** **(in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**

with all deliberate speed means that they could take their time in doing this. The blurriness in this gave segregationist and opportunity to resist. Many whites accepted it but also some found it an assault on their way of life. **THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board// ? This court hearing inspired many African Americans to want not only schools to be integrated. This sparked racial equality and the Civil Rights Movement. After this many activist were determined to have racial equality throughout America.
 * ENFORCING THE DECISION** **(discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] )**