Brown+v.+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?** (5/8/12)
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 * = **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.**

**Nada: 1-4** **Kat: 5-8** ||  ||=   || **SETTING THE STAGE** - ** [|Participate in The Road to Justice activity] Were you successful? What did your learn in the activity (just think about it ....) ** I was successful in this activity by making education more equal for both races. I have learned that the Supreme Court decided that segregation was okay as long as it was equal. this is a very important lesson because this would be one of the main arguments of the Supreme Court.

** THE 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
 * Segregation on African American children caused harmful psychological effects on many of the children.
 * School segregation was a local option, but only in elementary schools.
 * African American parents and local activists from the NAACP challenged Topeka’s policy of segregated schooling.
 * Black families were frustrated with the inequitable conditions in schools reserved for African American children.

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs (Coming from the link)
 * In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court had misinterpreted the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Equal protection of the laws did not allow for racial segregation.
 * The Fourteenth Amendment allowed the government to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race, including segregation in public schools.
 * The Fourteenth Amendment did not specify whether the states would be allowed to establish segregated education.
 * Psychological testing demonstrated the harmful effects of segregation on the minds of African American children.

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants (Coming from the link)
 * The Constitution did not require white and African American children to attend the same schools.
 * Social separation of blacks and whites was a regional custom; the states should be left free to regulate their own social affairs.
 * Segregation was not harmful to black people.
 * Whites were making a good faith effort to equalize the two educational systems. But because black children were still living with the effects of slavery, it would take some time before they were able to compete with white children in the same classroom.

** THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact? IN the Supreme court Vinsen died, and the President appointed Earl Werren, and his impact was that his leadership in producing a unanimous decision to overturn //Plessy// changed the course of American history. ** THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)** What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision? Well Mr. Werren said that it was not clear if the 14th Amendment said it was constitutional to segregate schools. It talked about transportation and not education but they decided that the present was the issue not the past. Any segregation deprived African Americans of the liberties they recived in the 14th.

**ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] ** [|Video]) What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement? The Court ordered only that the states end segregation with “all deliberate speed.” The courts decision was so vague about how to enforce the ruling gave segregationists the opportunity to organize resistance. The states had to find out a way to enforce the law in their own way. They could not segregate schools at all.

**THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//? White people in the south had total resentment towards the decision, and even though this should help African Americans, they still struggles to become equal in society, and how they fought racism in the. Even today, there are still minorities wanted equality in society.