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?**

**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
 * Separated school
 * Separate but not really equal
 * Argued that the segregation was not good for students
 * It was against the 14th amendment
 * Stereotypes about their race
 * The education was not great
 * The resources were not as good as white schools

**MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF** **(for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs
 * It was against the 14th amendment
 * It was hard on the mind of the African American students
 * The schools were separate but not equal
 * The court said that since education was the most important thing they could not be segregated

**MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS** **(for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants
 * Constitution states that they have to be equal but nothing about separated
 * The separation was for the states to decide
 * It was the same but the African Americans were still had affects of slavery

**THE CHANGE IN THE COURT** **(leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened, and what was its impact? The Supreme Court realized this was going to be a hard case from the start. They questioned if they had the authority to ban segregation for all the fifty states. They figured that it would be very hard to force that rule upon the states. When the new judge came in he convinced everyone to overturn Plessy.

**COURT** **THE DECISION** **(in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)** What did the Court decide? They decided that it was against the 14th amendment because they were separate and not very equal. They said that the present was the issue so we had to focus on the education.

The rules were very vague and it would take time to come together so it started the people to rebel. ** **THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board// ? It started all the movements against slavery and also equal rights. It also obviously put blacks and whites together in the same schools.
 * ENFORCING THE DECISION** **(discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] )