3.)+BrownVBoard+5.4.10

**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 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 List the major arguments of the plaintiffs **
 * Slavery was never legally established in Kansas
 * School segregation was permitted by local option
 * A federal court ruled against plaintiff and the case went to the supreme court
 * Buses and railroads were integrated, but most public places were segregated
 * NAACP attorneys said that segregated schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment and harmed black students.
 * Judges conceded the damage caused by segregated education.
 * //Brown v. Board of Education// laid the foundation for shaping future national and international policies regarding human rights
 * Laws and policies were products of the human tendencies to segregate
 * The //Brown// decision initiated educational and social reform throughout the United States and led to the modern Civil Rights Movement
 * Supreme Court ruled that Brown had won and desegregation was put forth in the public school system
 * Segregation was declared unconstitutional
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1] )**
 * Supreme Court messed up the 14th amendment in Plessy case
 * Supreme Court messed up the 14th amendment in Plessy case


 * 14th Amendment said they could enforce it
 * 14th Amendment said they could enforce it


 * 14th amendment didn't say it was a state decision
 * 14th amendment didn't say it was a state decision


 * **Segregation has mental affects on children**
 * **MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )**
 * List the major arguments of the Defendants **
 * The constitution didn't mention it.
 * The constitution didn't mention it.


 * **States should make this decision.**
 * Segregation did nothing bad
 * Segregation did nothing bad

What important change happened, and what was its impact?
 * Whites were making an effort but because of the after affects of slavery, the whites very much outnumbered black children.
 * **THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)**
 * **THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)**


 * The Judge that was concerned about not violating the Constitution died and was replaced by Earl Warren who overturned Plessy and began to pave the road towards integration. This would help greatly in later Supreme court cases.

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


 * They ruled in browns favor. The fourteenth amendment clearly said that everyone was supposed to have equal rights. School was very important and everyone should be able to get it.

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?


 * The court ruled that the states should end segregation with "all deliberate speed" this vague terminology caused many segregationists to act against this ruling saying that it would end a way of life.

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

 The importance is that this set the stage for much determination and hard work to get rid of all segregation. What started as just schools, began to encompass all of the issues. Many whites were against the enforcement, but many blacks were very determined and got it to happen. ** ||