Brown+Vs.+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?**

**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 was successful and it showed how there were many different ways to try and push for equality in schools but it seemed like the best option was going to court. **
 * = **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 *in Plessy vs. Ferguson the supreme court misinterpreted the equal protection clause because it did not allow for racial segregation.
 * 14th amendment did not say whether states could establish segregated public schools or to prohibit any discriminatory act based on race.
 * Psychological testing demonstrated the harmful effects of segregation on the minds of African American children.

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants *Constitution didn't require integrated schools.
 * Segregation wasn't harmful
 * States should be left to manage their affairs because it was a regional custom.
 * Whites were trying to equalize the school systems.

** THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact?

The supreme court justice Vinson died and so the president replaced him with Earl Warren and with his leadership he created a decision to change the Plessy court case.

** THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)** What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision?

They decided that although it wasn't clear whether the 14th amendment permitted segregation in schools but that under the equal protection of the law segregation did not apply in schools.

**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 courts said to stop segregation with all deliberate speed which was very vague and it gave opportunity to protest.

**THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//?

It was a huge step for the civil rights movement and also it showed the intensity at which some protested at.