2.+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?**

**SETTING THE STAGE** - **[|Participate in The Road to Justice activity]**
 * 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.** ||  ||=   ||
 * 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
 * BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check video, [|Link 1], [|Link 2], [|Link 3])**

- School segregation in Topeka, Kansas was determined by local opinion. - The plaintiffs were Oliver Brown and thirteen other parents from Topeka, Kansas. - African American parents did not agree with the ways of segregation in Topeka, Kansas. - In the early 50's, there was a population of about 80,000 in Topeka, Kansas. - Topeka only had four segregated elementary schools in the area - Court ruled that the black and white schools and comparable.

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

- It is proven that segregation is bad for a developing mind. - The 14th amendment is in their favor in many ways

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

- the constitution does not require white people and black people to be in the same school. - Its customary to have separate schools. - Segregation is not harmful to african americans. - White people are making a good effort to equalize the school systems

What important change happened, and what was its impact? They thought it would be not forceable on the public but then Vinson ( Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) died in 1953.
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**]**)**

What did the Court decide? ** The decided that the fourteenth amendment was not clear enough to help the segregatees.
 * THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**

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?

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

The struggle for equality with the whites spread through the United States.