Brown+vs.+Board+of+education

//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.** ||=   || Oliver Brown and thirteen other African American parents. The defendant was the Topeka's board of education. They were fighting for the segregation of blacks and whites school. They were also fighting for the poor treatment of the blacks in school. A three judged court ruled against them. Their appeal reached the supreme court. They were just one out of five state and 200 plaintiffs. The 14th amendment allowed the governement to stop any discimatory action in the education system. Psychological testing said that segregation was harmful to African American childrens mind. The constitution did not require blacks and whites to go to the same school. The segregation of African Americans was a regional custom; also states should be left alone to settle their own affairs. Black children are not ready to compete with white children because of the effects of slavery.
 * 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])**

In September 1953 Vinson the chief justice died. President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as chief justice. His decision to overturn Plessy changed history.
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**]**)**

Earl agreed with the defense attorney that the 14th amendment was not specific enough on whether they wanted or did not want segregated schools. He believe that education was very important to the success of the state and local government. Segregation of any kind violated equal protection of the law in the 14th amendment and due process of the 5th amendment.
 * THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**

**ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] ****)** The courts decision on being unconstitutional said it must begin at deliberate speed. The problem was that it was to vague, giving a chance for a resistence to start up.

The blacks demanded that the insegregation of schools begin right away. Fifty years later the same problem occured with women, people with disabilities, and other groups each demanding equal oppurtunity.
 * THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**]**)**