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]**


 * BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check video, [|Link 1], [|Link 2], [|Link 3])** Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the cases brought to the Supreme Court


 * - African Americans challenged the concept of segregated schooling declaring that the segragation broke the 14th amendment****- this decision inspired human rights-not simply about schooling** **- African American children were not allowed to attend the local high school** **- One school for African Americans which was run down and small- students wanted to have a new building with indoor plumbing** **-A group of 13 parents enrolled their children in segragated schools, and were kicked out.**
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1])**List the major arguments of the plaintiffs


 * -Equal protection of laws did not allow for racial segregation** **-the 14th amendment allowed the government to prohibited from racism and segregation** **-the 14th amendment did not say whether the states would be allowed to have segregated schools****-segregation has harmful affects on the minds of young African American students**


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


 * -the Constitution did not say that White and African American children had to attend the same school****-the states should be free to regulate their own segregation rules** **-segregation is not harmful to African Americans** **-Whites were making a good effort to make the educational experience equal**


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


 * The president appointed Earl Warren as chief justice. His leadership in producing a unanimous decision to overturn Plessy changed the course of America's history. He said education was the biggest issue regarding segragation.** **

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


 * He said that segregation in schools was wrong and did not protect African American's 14th amendment rights.** Schools would have to integrate across the nation-although that wouldn't happen right away.

**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? This statement gave segregationists the change to reorganize resistance, but some people said the decision changed their way of life. **

What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//?
 * THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**]**)**
 * The importance and legacy of Brown v. Board is that without it we may have never declared segregation unconstitutional. All the events that followed changed the course of American History and made the United States what it is today for ALL races. It's what gets the civil right movement moving.**