2+Brown+vs+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] Were you successful? What did your learn in the activity (just think about it ....) ** **They had to go agents what people said and form a group and stick up for your rights. **
 * = **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.** ||  ||=   ||

** 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 - There was segregated schools in Kansas and the parents thought it wasn't good for the young kids minds. -The Supreme court, and government and school boards were being sued by parents for the stoping of segregated schools.

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs - The 14 amendment did not specify weather schools could or couldn't have segregated education. - The Fourteenth Amendment allowed the government to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race, including segregation in public schools.

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants -Segregation was not harmful to black people. -The Constitution did not require black and white people to attend the same school. -School separation of black and whites a custom to the region.

** 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? there was a new Supreme court justice.

** THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)** What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision? Earl Warren wrote the decision for the Court. He agreed with the civil rights attorneys that it was not clear whether the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment intended to permit segregated public education. **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?  There was vagueness about how to enforce the ruling gave segregationists the opportunity to organize resistance.   **THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//? It proves if enough people get together you can win any fight, also <span style="color: #1d1c14; font-family: georgia,serif; line-height: 22px;">The African American freedom struggle soon spread across the country. The original battle for school desegregation became part of broader campaigns for social justice.