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?**

**SETTING THE STAGE** - **[|Participate in The Road to Justice activity]**
 * 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.** ||  ||=   ||
 * 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.** ||  ||=   ||

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])**

-people in Kansas were going against their state to protest segregated schools. This issue went all the way to the supreme court. The supreme court ruled this case to be constitutional. - segregation is violating the fourteenth amendment -cases were held in Delaware, South Carolina, Kansas, Virginia, Washington DC -this case is one of the most pivotal cases that the Supreme Court ever got -all of the cases challenged the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools

List the major arguments of the plaintiffs -the fourteenth amendment said that everyone has the same rights and freedoms -testing on kids like using white and black dolls -fourteenth amendment said you couldn't have segregated schools
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1])**

-let the states do what they want -it doesn't say that there can't be segregated schools
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1])**

What important change happened, and what was its impact?
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**]**)**

-a justice died and a new man, chief Warren, became appointed. He was more liberal and changed the courts decision

What did the Court decide?
 * THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**

Segregation is bad and is harmful to children. So the decision was: that segregation is unconstitutional

**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?

Segregation in schools was declared unconstitutional.

What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//?
 * THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**]**)**