Brown+Vs.+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?**

**SETTING THE STAGE** - ** [|Participate in The Road to Justice activity] Were you successful? What did your learn in the activity (just think about it ....) **
 * = **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.** ||  ||=   ||

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

· Challenged constitutionality of segregation in public schools · Harmful psychological effects on African American children due to segregation  **THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(for integration) (check ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position-x: 100%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[|Link 1] )**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> List the major arguments of the plaintiffs

<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In // Plessy vs. Fergusoon // the 14th Amendment was mis-interpreted; · <span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 14th Amendment does not allow segregation in schools – government can prohibit it   · <span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Equal protection of law does not allow racial segregation · <span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Segregation has harmful psychologically to children <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(for segregation) (check ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position-x: 100%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[|Link 1] )**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> List the major arguments of the Defendants

<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Constitution does not require black and white kids to go to school together · <span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Social separation is a regional problem – let the states handle it   · <span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Segregation is not harmful to black people · <span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Whites were trying to incorporate blacks into schools but they are not smart enough to study with whites <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THE CHANGE IN THE COURT ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(leading to a decision) (check ** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position-x: 100%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[|**Link 1**]    **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">) **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact?

<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In September 1953, Vincent died. President Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as the new Chief Justice. He managed to overturn the // Plessy vs. Ferguson //case, changing the course of American History. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THE COURT DECISION ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(in your own words) (check ** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position-x: 100%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[|**Link 1**]    **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and Link 2) **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision?

<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Supreme Court decided that education was precious, and depriving African Americans of education via segregated schools was against the equal protection of law clause of the 14th Amendment and violated the 5th Amendment, due process of law. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ENFORCING THE DECISION ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position-x: 100%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[|Link 1] ** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position-x: 100%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[|Video] )  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement?

<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Supreme Court said to end segregation “with all deliberate speed.” This is not very clear on how to enforce the ruling. Therefore, segregationists banded together in attempt to resist this court ruling. They believed integration would interfere with their way of life. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="color: #c81919; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THE IMPACT and LEGACY ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Check ** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position-x: 100%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[|**Link 1**]    **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">) **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> What is the overall importance and legacy of //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Brown v. Board // ?

<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">African Americans fought to enforce the // Brown v. Board // decision. Southern whites fought to destroy the rights African Americans gained from the court case. Most importantly, this decision was the spark to a bigger revolution; the Civil Rights Movement. From this point on blacks fought and fought for social justice until it was achieved.