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? **




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

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]) **


 * segregation for schooling
 * 5 school districts involved in this case
 * conditions of black schools were too small and had awful working conditions
 * chose the name Brown because it was alphabetical
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">pushing for integration in school

List the major arguments of the plaintiffs
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1]) **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">equal protection of rights- did not allow racial segregation
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Fourteenth Amendment allowed the government to prohibit discriminatory action based on race
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Fourteenth Amendment didn't say states were allowed to create segregated education
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Psychological testing proved that segregation had a harmful effect on African American children minds

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1]) ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> List the major arguments of the Defendants


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Constitution didn't say white and black children had to attend the same schools
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">segregation was a regional custom- states should be allowed to decide on their social affairs.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">segregation wasn't harmful to blacks
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">whites were making a good effort to equalize the segregated educational systems.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|**Link 1**] **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">) ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> What important change happened, and what was its impact?

In September, Vinson died and Earl Warren took his place as Chief Justice. Vinson was one of many who doubted the constitutional authority of the Court to end school segregation. However, Earl Warren was the man who got a unanimous decision to overturn Plessy.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|**Link 1**] **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">and Link 2) ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> What did the Court decide?

Earl Warren wrote the decision for the Court. He said that education was the most important function of local and state government, and that segregation of any kind deprived blacks of equal protection. To sum it all up, he said that segregation was not right and blacks shouldn't be separated from the whites when it comes to education. **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] ****<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">) ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement?

The Court said "with all delibetate speed" about the enforcement. This statement was very vague and allowed segregationists the opportunity to organize resistance. Segregationists started a militant campaign of defiance and resistance.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">THE IMPACT and LEGACY ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Check ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|**Link 1**] **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">) ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> What is the overall importance and legacy of //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Brown v. Board // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">?

Brown v. Board eventually led to include racial and ethnic minorities. It gets the Civil Rights movement moving.