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?**

**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.** ||=   || Topeka, Kansas- Oliver Brown and other parents challenged the segregation of elementary schools in the city. Delaware- cases challenged the equality between the conditions of the black schools and white schools after schools in Howard High School and several others. South Carolina- The NAACP challenged the school segregation laws of South Carolina arguing the unfair conditions of the black schools. Virginia- Blacks went on strike to gain better facilities for their rundown highschool and the NAACP also joined in and challenged the inferiority of Black schools in the area. Washington DC- Eleven blacks were denied to opportunity to join a field trip with a white school.
 * BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check video, [|Link 1], [|Link 2], [|Link 3])**

When all these cases went to the Supreme Court they all became filed under Brown vs Board of Education which is the case from Kansas.


 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1])**
 * In //Plessy v. Ferguson,// the Supreme Court had misinterpreted the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Equal protection of the laws did not allow for racial segregation.(non constitutional)
 * The Fourteenth Amendment allowed the government to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race, including segregation in public schools.(non constitutional)
 * The Fourteenth Amendment did not specify whether the states would be allowed to establish segregated education.(non constitutional)
 * Psychological testing demonstrated the harmful effects of segregation on the minds of African American children (has negative effects on children..

**MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1])**
 * The Constitution did not require white and African American children to attend the same schools.
 * Social separation of blacks and whites was a regional custom; the states should be left free to regulate their own social affairs.
 * Segregation was not harmful to black people.
 * Whites were making a good faith effort to equalize the two educational systems. But because black children were still living with the effects of slavery, it would take some time before they were able to compete with white children in the same classroom.

**THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check [|Link 1])

Fred Vinson, the Chief Justice, doubted that the Supreme Court had the power to desegregate schools died in 1953 and was replaced by Earl Warren.

THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check [|Link 1] and Link 2)** It was unconstitutional to segregate schools and the separate but equal policy was created for transportation no education. there is no doubt that segregation has negative affect on black kids and did not give negroes equal protection as guaranteed under the 14th amendment **ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] ****)** The courts ordered that schools be desegregated with all deliberate speed which gave those states against the decision the loop-hole they needed to make sure that process happened as slow as possible. It gave african americans the strength to begin the real push for equality and white supremacists also increased their power to stop the integration. This push for social equality spread to many different groups and still continues today.
 * THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**]**)**