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]**
 * 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 -"//Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas// gave its name to the collection of cases that ended segregation in public schools." -Some of the public thought it was unjust for schools to be segregated and some took this notion to court. -"McKinley Burnett was an outspoken critic of racial injustice." He was president of the NAACP in Topeka, KS. - Those pushing for integration in schools claimed that segregated schools violated the 14th amendment. -Even in 1849, people had pushed for integration so it was not a new topic to the public. -"The Supreme Court combined five cases under the heading of Brown v. Board of Education, because each sought the same legal remedy." -Black parents wanted their children to go to better schools.
 * BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check video, [|Link 1], [|Link 2], [|Link 3])**

List the major arguments of the plaintiffs (Thurgood Marshall lead attourney) - The court has misinterpreted the Plessy vs Ferguson case and that equal protection can allow for segregation. -Effects of segregation are harmful to the intellectual well-being of the black students. -"The Fourteenth Amendment allowed the government to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race." -The amendment was vague about the specifications of states establishing segregated schools.
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1])**

List the major arguments of the Defendants -Black and white children, under the US Constitution, were not required to attend school together. -Segregation was a custom varying state to state. They should deal with their own affairs.
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1])**

-The school system was not equal; black children "were still living with the effects of slavery."
What important change happened, and what was its impact?
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**]**)**

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In 1953 Judge Vincent died and Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as the new Justice in Chief. He convinced the others to overturn Plessy's case. Doing this he, " changed the course of American history."======

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

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The Court decided that the Fourteenth Amendment was to vague education and more so spoke of separate but equal transportation. Warren said that the present was a different situation than in the past and had to be dealt with differently. The judges concluded that,"racial segregation of any kind deprived African Americans of equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment and due process under the Fifth Amendment."======

**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 court ordered integration to be enforced with "all deliberate speed." The method of enforcement was ill-defined explanation of how this law would be enforced allowed segregationists to resist and campaign.

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

The Brown vs. Board cases set the stage for equal opportunities for all ethnic and minority groups through America.