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 desegregate 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**]

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] )**
 * NAACP said that it violated 14th amendment
 * Segregation was deemed unconstitutional by the supreme court
 * School segregation was a local law
 * By this time transportation was intergrated

**MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF** **(for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs
 * the 14th amendment made discriminative actions illegal for the government.
 * supreme court misinterperated the 14th amendment

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


 * It was a regional custom to seperate whites and blacks
 * Segregation was harmful to both sides

**THE CHANGE IN THE COURT** **(leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened, and what was its impact? The change was in the judges Fred Vicen to Earl Warner and with Earl Warner he made the unanimous decision to overturn pressy. What did the Court decide? Brown had won and no black person in the united states could legally be denied to an equal 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? The Court said that the states end segregation with “all deliberate speed.” This vagueness allowed white segregationists to resist.  What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board// ? The simple fight for desegragated schools started a snowball effect for all minorities.
 * THE COURT DECISION** **(in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**
 * THE IMPACT and LEGACY ** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)**