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?**

**SETTING THE STAGE** - ** [|Participate in The Road to Justice activity] Were you successful? What did your learn in the activity (just think about it ....) **
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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.** ||  ||=   ||

Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the __cases__ brought to the Supreme Court - African American children had to walk extra long distances to get to there school even though the white school was close by - Cases of racial segregation came to the supreme court from Delaware, South Carolina, Virginia, D.C. and Kansas - Cases had to do with a family suing an all white school or education board for racial segregation in schools List the major arguments of the plaintiffs - In the Plessy v. Ferguson case the supreme court misinterpreted the equal rights clause in the 14th amendment and equal protection doesn’t include racial segregation. - The 14th amendment gave the government the right to prohibit any action that is relates to discrimination - The 14th amendment did not give specific states that were to have educational segregation - Educational segregation psychologically had harmful effects on children learning List the major arguments of the Defendants - The constitution did not have a requirement that blacks and whites had to attended the same school - Segregation was a custom for that region - Segregation wasn’t harmful/hurtful - Whites were trying to equalize school system What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact? Justice Fred Vinson died causing Dwight Eisenhower to appoint Earl Warren and his leadership changed the unanimous decision. What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision? They decided that the framers of the 14th amendment did not intend to permit public segregation. He said “ the present was at issue, not the past. Education was perhaps the most vital function of state and local governments, and racial segregation of any kind deprived African Americans of equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment and due process under the Fifth Amendment”. What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement? The statement was that school districts “make a prompt and reasonable start toward full compliance”. And that blacks should be delivered to all white schools “with all deliberate speed”. The compliance was ended when schools were outlawed when not agreeing to allow African American students. The Southern Manifesto was made to help states rights and so that they could make the decision if schools were segregated or not. What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//? It was the beginning for the civil rights movements. I changed the way of life for most southerns and opened up a whole new community for the African americans
 * THE BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES **** (more than one) (check [|video], [|Link 1] , [|Link 2] , [|Link 3] ) **
 * THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF **** (for integration) (check [|Link 1] ) **
 * THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS **** (for segregation) (check [|Link 1] ) **
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT **** (leading to a decision) (check ** [|**Link 1**] **)**
 * THE COURT DECISION **** (in your own words) (check ** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**
 * ENFORCING THE DECISION **** (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] [|Video] ** )
 * THE IMPACT and LEGACY **** (Check ** [|**Link 1**] **)**