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?**

  ||  **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] Were you successful? What did your learn in the activity (just think about it ....)**

**Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the __cases__ brought to the Supreme Court ** 1. Schools integrating 2. Schools for blacks improving in quality
 * THE BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES **** (more than one) (check [|video], [|Link 1] , [|Link 2] , [|Link 3] ) **

**List the major arguments of the plaintiffs ** 1. Harmful effect on African American children 2. Didn’t give blacks equal protection of laws
 * THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF ****<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(for integration) (check [|Link 1] ) **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">

**<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS ****<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(for segregation) (check [|Link 1] ) **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">List the major arguments of the Defendants **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> 1. Constitution did not require white and African American children to attend the same schools. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2. Social separation of blacks and whites was a regional custom; the states should be left free to regulate their own social affairs. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3. Segregation was not harmful to black people. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4. Whites were making a good faith effort to equalize the two educational systems. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">THE CHANGE IN THE COURT ****<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (leading to a decision) (check **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|**Link 1**] **)** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact? **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Chief Justice Fred Vinson died during the case so President Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as the new Chief Justice making it a unanimous decision to overturn the case changing American History. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">THE COURT DECISION ****<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(in your own words) (check **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision? **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Supreme Court decided that “separate and equal didn’t qualify in education and segregation in schools was unequal. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ENFORCING THE DECISION ****<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|Video] ) **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement? **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Supreme Court said that segregation in schools should end “with all deliberate speed”. This enforcement took place in some places but in many it didn’t and groups of segregationists began to oppose it. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">THE IMPACT and LEGACY ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(Check **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|**Link 1**] **)** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//? ** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It would lead the way for many other groups of people pushing for their acceptance/integration later down the road.