brownvs.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?**

**BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check video, [|Link 1], [|Link 2], [|Link 3])** **MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1])** **MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1])** THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check [|Link 1] and Link 2) **ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] ****)** indistinctness in saying states should end the segregation "with all deliberate speed" allowed segregationists to organize and fight the decision.  **THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**]
 * Slavery was never legally established in Kansas, so segregation was not as prominent there as it was in the Deep South.
 * Only in elementary schools was segregation in schools permitted.
 * Activists from NAACP filed their case to the U.S. district court in 1951.
 * It eventually ended the segregation in public schools.
 * This case also helped the enforcement of the 14th amendment.
 * They argued that the equal protection of the laws didn't allow racial segregation.
 * They pointed out that the 14th amendment made it illegal for states to segregate U.S. citizens based on their race.
 * The 14th amendment didn't specify whether the states would be allowed to establish segregated schools.
 * Segregation caused negative psychological effects on the young African American children.
 * The constitution never required African Americans and whites to attend the same schools.
 * Segregation of blacks was a social issue and the states shouldn't be able to regulate their citizen's social affairs.
 * It would take time for the education system to be equal because many African Americans were still suffering from the effects f slavery but the whites were working hard to give the blacks an equal education.
 * Their last and weakest argument was that segregation was not harmful to African Americans.
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check [|Link 1])**
 * The Supreme Court found the case difficult to decide on from the start.
 * Many of the justices didn't think they could use their power to end all segregation in schools.
 * The judges were also unsure if they could enforce a decision to integrate schools.
 * Earl Warren was appointed as the chief justice. He decided to overturn the Plessy case, which drastically changed the nation's course.
 * The court didn't abolish segregation in other public areas, but they did declare that mandatory segregation in schools was unconstitutional. This decision was a giant step towards the complete desegregation of schools.
 * The court's
 * Many whites welcomed the court's decision, but segregationists were afraid and argued that it would alter their way of life.
 * Protests were being held against the Supreme Court's decision as well as against integration.
 * The country remained very divided over the issue of equality.
 * The African American struggle for equality spread throughout the country.
 * The movement for equality started to include women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities as well as many other groups.