Brown+Vs.+Board

//BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION// DID NOT WORK!
 * 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]**

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])**

- African american parents challenged Topeka's policy of segregated schools - violates the 14th amendment - it was not the first challenge of segregated schools - it was a catalyst to the modern civil rights movement. - it was a combination of 5 cases - they won

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

- equal protection of the law does not allow segregation - the 14th amendment allowed the gov. to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race. - the 14th amendment didi not specify weather the states would be allowed to establish segregated education. - psycological testing proved that segregation was harmful on the minds of African american children

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

- the constitution did not say that whites and colored had to go to school together - segregation was a regional custom. - segregation was not harmful - it would take some time for blacks to compete with whites in a classroom.

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

one justice died and a new one was appointed and he got the court to overturn the Plessy case. this changed the course of american history. Earl Warron

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

they decided it was wrong to have separate schools and that it was not fair and affected the black children when separated.

**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?

they said"with all deliberate speed'' this was vague so it gave opposers time to organise resistance.

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

it got blacks to inforce the case ruling more and it lead to help all over the county. Fifty years later the movement included other minorities (women, disabled)