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 desegregate America?**

**SETTING THE STAGE** - **[|Participate in The Road to Justice activity]**
 * 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.** ||  ||=   ||

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])**


 * black schools were far away from students, and unequal to white schools
 * transportation to such schools are not guaranteed to students
 * teachers and supplies to such schools were not in top condition

List the major arguments of the plaintiffs
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1])**


 * The interpretation of the 14th Amendment wasn't correct, since it allowed segregation
 * The14th Amendment prohibited discrimination based on race
 * The states were not specified to be allowed to establish segregated education
 * Segregation had harmful psychological effects on African-American students

List the major arguments of the defendants
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1])**


 * It is not unconstitutional to have a segregated school
 * Segregation is not harmful toward African-Americans
 * We are trying to make the schools equal, but the effects of slavery have made it so that it would be a while before an African-American can be with a white child in the same classroom
 * It is a regional custom to have segregation, so it should be a state's decision

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

During September 1953 Vinson died and Earl Warren was appointed cheif justice by President Dwight Eisenhower. The impact was in the Brown case, a member in the court was changed so the case could change.

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

The court deceided that they agreed with the civil rights attorneys. It was not clear if the farmers intended to permit segregated public education. They also said "the present was at issue, not the past".

**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 statement was that the states end segregation with "all deliberate speed". Some whites agreed but others thought it was wrong to do so.

What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//? It really helped push to get all races in the same school and help stop segrigation all together. It was very important and many people heard about. Many whites even started to support it.
 * THE IMPACT and LEGACY ** **(Check** [|**Link 1**]**)**